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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2434",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 8th October 1997\nLaid before Parliament 13th October 1997\nComing into force 3rd November 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 5(1)(h), (n), (o) and (p) and (6), 6(1)(n), 63(2) and (3), 189(1) and (3) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to her 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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 5(1)(n) has effect in relation to housing benefit in accordance with section 5(4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; section 5(6) was inserted by the Housing Act 1996 (c. 52) section 120(1); section 6(1)(n) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 12(1)(c) and Schedule 14; sections 63(2) and (3) were also amended by the Act of 1992, Schedule 9, paragraph 14(2); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 176(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b)."
    }
  ],
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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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