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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-exempt-work-hardship-amounts-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/205",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Exempt Work & Hardship Amounts) (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-exempt-work-hardship-amounts-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 23rd February 2017\nLaid before Parliament 27th February 2017\nComing into force 3rd April 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 171D, 171G(2) and 175(3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 16A(1), 22, 24(1), 25(2) and (3) and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 of 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": "1992 c.4. See section 171G(2) for the meaning of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 16A inserted by the Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2007 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/205/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."
}