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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-northern-ireland-order-2015-commencement-no-6-and-saving-provision-order-2016/article-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/411",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (Commencement No. 6 and Saving Provision) Order 2016",
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  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 31st March 2017",
  "text": "(1) The following provisions of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 come into force on 31st March 2017.\n(2) In Part 4 (other benefit changes)—\n(a) Article 76(2) (abolition of the social fund commissioner);\n(b) paragraph 4 of Schedule 8.\n(3) In Part 7 of Schedule 12 (social fund: ending of discretionary payments: repeals), the repeals relating to—\n(a) Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n(b) Article 37 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998;\n(c) the Freedom of Information Act 2000.",
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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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