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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-and-universal-credit-coronavirus-disease-amendment-regulations-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/1158",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance and Universal Credit (Coronavirus Disease) (Amendment) Regulations 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-and-universal-credit-coronavirus-disease-amendment-regulations-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 18th October 2021\nLaid before Parliament 21st October 2021\nComing into force 12th November 2021\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of powers conferred by sections 10(3) and (6), 79(1) and (4) and 84 of the Social Security Act 1998 and sections 24(1) and 25(2), (3) and (5) of, and paragraphs 1(a) and 2 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c. 14. Section 84 is cited for the meaning of “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2007 c. 5. Section 24(1) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/1158/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:08:02.320895+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."
}