{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-guard-amendment-order-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-guard-amendment-order-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/597",
  "legislation_title": "The Home Guard (Amendment) Order 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/home-guard-amendment-order-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 10th March 1993\nLaid before Parliament 22nd March 1993\nComing into force 1st April 1993\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of March 1993\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWHEREAS Her Majesty deems it expedient to amend the Royal Warrant of 21st December 1964 and the Order of Her Majesty of 22nd December 1964, concerning pensions and other grants in respect of disablement or death due to service in the Home Guard and to do so by Order in Council in accordance with section 12(1) and (3) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977:\nNOW, THEREFORE, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by the said section 12(1) and (3) and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Cmnd.2563; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1989/1335."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Cmnd.2564; relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1989/1335."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 1(2) of the Home Guard Act 1951 (c. 8). Members of the Home Guard are members of the armed forces of the Crown."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1977 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/597/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."
}