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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/3257",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 2) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 22nd December 1998\nLaid before Parliament 4th January 1999\nComing into force 25th January 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 123(1)(d), 130(4), 137(1) and (2)(i) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits 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 reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, 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 ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 172(1)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/3257/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."
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