{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015-commencement-no-15-order-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/239",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No 15) Order 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015-commencement-no-15-order-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 18th August 2021\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 2(2) of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015.\nThe Powers are exercisable by the Department by virtue of Article 2 the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Cessation of Transitory Provision) Order 2020.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I.1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2020/927"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/239/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:37:44.184175+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."
}