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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-amendment-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2052",
  "legislation_title": "The Discretionary Housing Payments (Grants) Amendment Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/discretionary-housing-payments-grants-amendment-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 21st July 2005\nLaid before Parliament 29th July 2005\nComing into force 1st September 2005\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 140B(1), 140C(1) and (4) and 189(4) to (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and section 70 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of Treasury and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Order revoked (E.) (1.4.2026) by The Discretionary Financial Assistance and Discretionary Housing Payments (Amendment and Revocation) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/271), reg. 1(1), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5. Sections 140B and 140C were inserted with savings by paragraph 4 of Schedule 12 to the Housing Act 1996, (c.52). Relevant amendments were made to section 140B(1) by paragraph 7 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "()2000 c. 19. Relevant amendments were made to section 70(2)(a) by Part 1 of Schedule 8 to the Local Government Act 2003 (c. 26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2052/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:54:56.932795+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}