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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-amendment-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2326",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) (Amendment) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-amendment-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 9th September 1996\nLaid before Parliament 16th September 1996\nComing into force 7th October 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 134(12) and 189(1) and (3) to (6) of the Social Security Administration 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, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 176(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2326/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."
}