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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit (Subsidy) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 15th May 1996\nLaid before Parliament 21st May 1996\nComing into force 11th June 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 137(2) and (3), 140(7), 189(1) and (3) to (6) 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 140(7) is amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 21(7); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1314/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."
}