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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-2000/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/2085",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-2000",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Housing Benefit (General Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/1971) and the Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992 (S.I. 1992/1814).\nRegulations 2 and 3 provide, in cases where a claim for a further grant of housing benefit or council tax benefit is made or invited before 5th September 2000, an exemption from the requirements in respect of national insurance numbers imposed by section 1 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/2085/note",
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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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