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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1438",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Credit (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 11th August 1988\nLaid before Parliament 15th August 1988\nComing into force\nRegulations 1 and 7 5th September 1988\nRegulations 2 to 6 and 8 and 9 12th September 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(12)(d), 22(8) and (9) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and sections 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf by this instrument, which is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 166(3A) is inserted by section 62 of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act."
    }
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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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