{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-order-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-order-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/471",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-order-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nMade 9th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1988\nComing into force 1st April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by section 28(10) of the Social Security Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 61(7)(b) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/471/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."
}