{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-order-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-order-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/534",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Permitted Totals) Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-permitted-totals-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 7th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 1990\nComing into force 1st April 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by section 28(10) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 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": "1986 c. 50"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 166(3) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 6, paragraph 11(1), Section 166(3A) was inserted by section 62 of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 61(7)(b) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/534/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."
}