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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/2734",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 30th September 1999\nLaid before Parliament 5th October 1999\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 123(1)(d), 130(2) and (4), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 63(3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned and after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee of proposals in respect of regulations 1 to 11 and 13 of this Instrument, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of regulation 12 of this Instrument should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "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": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/2734/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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