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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-amendment-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/644",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 8th March 2006\nLaid before Parliament 13th March 2006\nComing into force 3rd April 2006\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 134(1A) and 189(4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and section 68 of, and paragraphs 3(1) and 20 of Schedule 7 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000.\nIn accordance with section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; subsection (1A) of section 134 was inserted by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52), schedule 12 paragraph 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2000 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
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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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