{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-living-allowance-advisory-board-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-living-allowance-advisory-board-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1746",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-living-allowance-advisory-board-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 25th July 1991\nComing into force 12th August 1991\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 12(1) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 3(2), (3), (5), (7) and (8) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which is made before the end of a period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 21."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 3(8) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning it ascribes to the word “regulations”."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1746/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."
}