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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1017",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nMade 15th June 1989\nLaid before Parliament 16th June 1989\nComing into force for the purposes of regulations1 and 5 to 7\nfor the purposes of regulations 3 and 4 to the extent that they relate to a case where a student’s period of study begins on or after 1st August 1989 but before 4th September 1989, the first Monday of that period 10th July 1989\nto the extent that they relate to any other case 4th September 1989\nfor the purposes of regulation 2 9th October 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(1)(c) and (12)(g), 22(1), (8) and (9) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of authorities concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should in so far as they are required to be referred to it should not be so referred, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words“prescribed” and“regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 166(1) to (3) is applied by section 83(1) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30); section 10 was amended by paragraph 98 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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