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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/584",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 4th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1997\nComing into force 7th April 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 123(1)(d), 130(2), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits 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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
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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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