{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-child-benefit-rates-amendment-regulations-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2008/9780111470732",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Benefit (Rates) (Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-child-benefit-rates-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations provide for higher rates of child benefit. They are brought into force by the Rates of Child Benefit (Commencement) Order 2008.\nRegulation 3 increases the weekly rate of child benefit prescribed in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) of regulation 2(1) of the Child Benefit (Rates) Regulations 2006 from £18.80 to £20.00 and from £12.55 to £13.20 respectively.\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2008/9780111470732/note",
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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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