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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-relating-to-social-security-order-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/898",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Functions relating to Social Security) Order 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-functions-relating-to-social-security-order-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTRACTING OUT\nMade 28th March 2000\nComing into force 3rd April 2000\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament pursuant to section 77(2) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 69, 70(2) and (4) and 77(1) of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with such representatives of local authorities and, in Scotland, such association of local authorities, as he considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 40."
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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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