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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1003",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 31st March 1994\nLaid before Parliament 8th April 1994\nComing into force 1st May 1994\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 123(1)(d), 130(4), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992and 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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there ascribed to the word “prescribed”. The power conferred by section 130(4) is extended by section 130(5)."
    },
    {
      "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 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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