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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/573",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Credit (General) Amendment Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 9th March 1992\nLaid before Parliament 13th March 1992\nComing into force 7th April 1992\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(6), (12)(d)(i) and (k), 22(8), (8A) and (9)(a) and (b),51(1)(h) 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 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; section 20(6) was amended by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), section 3(b) and Schedule 5 and by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 15(1); section 20(12)(d) was amended by the 1989 Act, section 13(2); section 20(8A) was inserted by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 4(3); 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(3) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24) Schedule 8, paragraph 10(1); section 166(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 definition of “regulations” was added to section 61(10) by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 12(4)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/573/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."
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