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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/511",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Amendment) Regulations 1995",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 1st March 1995\nLaid before Parliament 2nd March 1995\nComing into force 6th March 1995\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(d) and (e), 136(1) and (3) to (5), 137(1), 175(1) and (3) to (6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 5(1)(e), 6(1)(e), 63(3), 75(1) and 76(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 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 in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; sections 123(e) and 131 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were substituted by the Local Government and Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 103 and Schedule 9, paragraphs 1(1) and 4. Section 137(1) which is an interpretation provision is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 172(1)."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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