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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1418",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Credit (General) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-general-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 1st June 1996\nLaid before Parliament 5th June 1996\nComing into force 2nd July 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(b), 128(3), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 5(1)(k), 27(1), 189(1), (3) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1418/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."
}