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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-transitional-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1974",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Credit (Transitional) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-credit-transitional-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 20th November 1987\nLaid before Parliament 20th November 1987\nComing into force 1st January 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services in exercise of powers conferred by sections 84(1) and 89(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only provisions consequential on sections 20 to 22, of that Act and Regulations made under those sections in their application to family credit and is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of those sections, makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”."
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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."
}