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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/872",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit and Council tax Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-and-council-tax-benefit-subsidy-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 23rd March 1995\nLaid before Parliament 30th March 1995\nComing into force 20th April 1995\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 135(2), (4), (5), 136(1), 140(2) to (6) and 189(1) and (4) to (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 189(8) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5. Section 140 was amended by section 103 of and Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), but the section as originally enacted continues in force in relation to community charge benefit subsidy by virtue of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (Community Charge Benefits) Savings and Transitional Order 1993 (S.I. 1993/232)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/872/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."
}