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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2016/999",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform and Work (Northern Ireland) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-work-northern-ireland-order-2016",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Administration Act” means the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“the Department” means the Department for Communities;\n“the Jobseekers Order” means the Jobseekers (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;\n“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations;\n“regulations” means regulations made by the Department;\n“the 2007 Act” means the Welfare Reform Act (Northern Ireland) 2007;\n“the 2015 Order” means the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2016/999/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:38:56.241956+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}