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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-no2-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1539",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-general-amendment-no2-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 3rd June 1999\nLaid before Parliament 7th June 1999\nComing into force 28th June 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 1(1C), 5(1)(b) and (j), 6(1)(b) and (k), 189(1), (4), (6) and (7) and 191 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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 191 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1)(a)."
    },
    {
      "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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