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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1732",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th July 1998\nLaid before Parliament 20th July 1998\nComing into force 10th August 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by section 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 her in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, and after consulting with organisations appearing to her 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 an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there ascribed to “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "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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