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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-incapacity-for-work-general-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110654552",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Incapacity for Work) (General) Amendment Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-incapacity-for-work-general-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 6(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 1998\nComing into force 6th April 1998\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 6(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 171D, 171G(2) and 175(2) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 171D was inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), section 6(1). Section 171G(2) is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 173(1)(b)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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