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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1520",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Credit (General) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 2nd July 1991\nLaid before Parliament 12th July 1991\nComing into force\n–regulations 1, 4, 7, 8 and 9 6th August 1991\n–regulations 3, 5, 6, 10 and 11 8th October 1991\n–regulation 2 7th April 1992\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(12)(c) and (d)(i), 22(8), (8A), (9)(a) and (b) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; paragraph (12)(d) was substituted by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), section 13(2); subsection (8A) was inserted by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 4(3) and 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; subsection (3) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), section 31(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 10; subsection (3A) was inserted by section 62(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Act 1986, section 61(1)(b) and (10); the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, added a definition of “regulations” to section 61(10) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
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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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