{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2327",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 9th September 1996\nLaid before Parliament 16th September 1996\nComing into force 7th October 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 146A, 147(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of the aforesaid section 146A, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 146A was inserted by the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 (c. 49), section 10. Section 147(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 173(5)(a)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2327/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."
}