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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/1644",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 28th June 1995\nLaid before Parliament 29th June 1995\nComing into force 2nd January 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(d), 130(2) to (5), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 5(1), 63(1) to (3), 136(2), 189(1) and (4) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning there ascribed to “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 191 is cited because of the meaning there ascribed to “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 172(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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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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