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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-and-income-support-general-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/482",
  "legislation_title": "The Disability Working Allowance and Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/disability-working-allowance-and-income-support-general-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 28th February 1995\nLaid before Parliament 7th March 1995\nComing into force—\nfor the purposes of regulations 1, 3 and 4, on 11th April 1995;\nfor the purposes of regulations 2 and 5 to 20 on 13th April 1995\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 124(1)(d)(i) and (3), 129(2B)(b) and (c) and (8), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, section 12(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of regulations 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 15, 17 and 19(5) should not be referred to it, by this instrument which is otherwise made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Subsection (2B) is inserted by section 10(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work Act) 1994 (c.18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c.4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word \"prescribed\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1994 c.18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Seesection 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Seesection 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)."
    }
  ],
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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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