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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1974",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 8th August 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th August 1997\nComing into force 18th August 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred upon her by sections 123(1)(d), 130(2), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, and after consulting with organisations appearing to her to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there ascribed to “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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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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