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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/317",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 22nd February 1993\nLaid before Parliament 26th February 1993\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 123(1)(d), 130(4), 135(1), 136(1), (3) and (5), 137(1) and (2)(h) and 175(1) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 63(3), 136(2), 189(1), (3), (4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration 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 agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations 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 assigned to the word “prescribed”. The power conferred by section 130(4) is extended by section 130(5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b) and (7); section 173(7) defines “regulations”."
    }
  ],
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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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