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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-community-charge-benefits-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1599",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Community Charge Benefits (Miscellaneous) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-community-charge-benefits-miscellaneous-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 11th July 1991\nLaid before Parliament 12th July 1991\ninto force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(1)(c) and (d), (8) and (12)(d), 22(1) and (8), (8A) and (9), 29(3) to (5), 31C, 31D(1) and (8),51(1)(a) and (b) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned 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; paragraph (1)(d) was inserted in section 20 of the 1986 Act by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 2(2) (the 1988 Act); subsection (8A) was inserted in section 22 by the 1988 Act, Schedule 10, paragraph 4(3); sections 31C and 31D were inserted in the 1986 Act by the 1988 Act, Schedule 10, paragraph 6 and section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words and"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; subsection (3) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), section 31(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 10; subsection (3A) was inserted by section 62 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 section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986; section 61(7) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41), Schedule 10, paragraph 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 61(1)(b) and (10) of the Social Security Act 1986. The Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, added a definition of to section 61(10) of the Act of 1986."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1599/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."
}