{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/416",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nRATING AND VALUATION\nMade 9th March 1989\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1989\nComing into force\nfor the purpose of regulations 1 to 6 and 9 to 11 to the extent that they relate to cases referred to in regulation 1(2) 1st April 1989\nto the extent that they relate to any other case 3rd April 1989\nfor the purposes of regulations 7 and 8 9th October 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of powers conferred by sections 20(1)(c) and (8), 21(6)(b), 22(1), (8) and (9), 29 and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) 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 of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "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(3A) was inserted by section 62(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) was applied by section 83(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
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  "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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