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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1227",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 15th July 1988\nLaid before Parliament 15th July 1988\nComing into force\nRegulations 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8 5th August 1988\nRegulations 4 and 6 12th September 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2(1)(aa), (2) and (3), 4(1), 6(3), 22(1)(b) and 24(1) of the Child Benefit Act 1975, and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should, in so far as they are required to be referred to it, not be referred, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 61; section 2(1)(aa) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), section 4(3); section 4(1) was amended by the Social Security Act 1988, section 4(4), and section 24(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word“prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1227/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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