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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-consequential-provisions-no-2-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/1554",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Consequential Provisions) (No. 2) Regulations 2008",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 12th June 2008\nLaid before Parliament 19th June 2008\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 28(2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 .\nThis Instrument contains only regulations made consequential upon Part 1 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2007 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992. The requirement to refer Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee does not apply where Regulations are contained in a statutory instrument made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the enactment under which the regulations were made."
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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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