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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016-commencement-no-2-order-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/46",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016-commencement-no-2-order-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 9th March 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(1) of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016.\nThose powers are exercisable by the Secretary of State by virtue of Article 4(1)(a) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2016/999 (N.I. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006. (N.I. 1). Article 4 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 was amended by Article 4 of the Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/46/introduction",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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