{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/818",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 14th March 2012\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 2012\nComing into force 6th April 2012\nThe Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 142(2) and 147(6) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 138(2) and 143(6) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now exercisable by them, make the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 142 was substituted by section 1(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6) and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 was amended by paragraph 17(2) of Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c.7. Section 138 was substituted by section 2(2) of the Child Benefit Act 2005 and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 was amended by paragraph 43(2) of Part 2 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 and by paragraph 40 of Schedule 5 to S.I. 1998/1504 (N.I. 9)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The powers of the Secretary of State under section 147(6) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(1)(b) of the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21). The powers of the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland under section 143(6) of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 were transferred to the Treasury by section 49(2)(b) of the Tax Credits Act 2002."
    }
  ],
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  },
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  "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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