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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2011/9780111507476",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 26(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and section 8(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nSocial Security\nMade 2011\nComing into force 1st June 2011\nIn accordance with section 26(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007, and section 8(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009, a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9 and 10 of the Social Security Act 1998, and sections 11, 12(1) and (2), 13, 14, 15, 16, 17(3)(b), 24(1) and 25 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2007 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2009 c.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1998 c.14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Subsections (1), (1A) and (2) of section 15 were substituted for subsections (1) and (2), as originally enacted, by section 10 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 24(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning it gives to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "See section 172 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2011/9780111507476/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."
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