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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-income-support-and-jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110493931",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Income Support and Jobseeker’s Allowance) Amendment Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-income-support-and-jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 2004\nComing into force 4th October 2004\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), 137(1) and (2)(b), 171D(1), 171G(2) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 6(4), 7(4), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of, and paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of 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": "1995 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the word “prescribed”. Sections 171D and 171G were inserted by section 6(1) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18) and have effect for the purposes of the Jobseekers Act 1995 by virtue of paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Section 171G(2) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(4) was amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. Sections 35(1) and 36(4) were amended by section 2 of, and paragraphs 62 and 63 respectively of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee."
    }
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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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