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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2322",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (General) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-general-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 9th September 2002\nLaid before Parliament 13th September 2002\nComing into force 7th October 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 123(1)(d), 130(4), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 122(3) and (5) of the Housing Act 1996 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 to make 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 for the meaning of “prescribed”; section 175(1) and (4) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 3, paragraph 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 52."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b)."
    }
  ],
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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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