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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/638",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 7th March 2000\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2000\nComing into force 1st April 2000\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 137(2)(h) and 175(1), (3) and (4) 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 section 176(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 section 172(1)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/638/introduction",
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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."
}