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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1349",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment and Support Allowance (Work-Related Activity) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-and-support-allowance-work-related-activity-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 26th May 2011\nComing into force 1st June 2011\nIn accordance with section 26(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 , and section 8(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 , a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9 and 10 of the Social Security Act 1998 , and sections 11, 12(1) and (2), 13, 14, 15 , 16, 17(3)(b), 24(1) and 25 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 173(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 , the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2007 c.5."
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2009 c.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1998 c.14."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "Subsections (1), (1A) and (2) of section 15 were substituted for subsections (1) and (2), as originally enacted, by section 10 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "Section 24(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning it gives to the word “prescribed”."
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
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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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