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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/357",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1987\nComing into force 6th April 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 2(1B), (2) and (3), 4(1), 22(1), 24(1), 24(5) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 1975, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 2(1B) was inserted into the Child Benefit Act 1975 by section 70(1)(b) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See for explanation of the meaning of “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See for definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1975 c. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See sections 9 and 10 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/357/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."
}