{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-subsidy-order-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-subsidy-order-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/607",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Subsidy) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-subsidy-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nMade 4th April 1989\nLaid before Parliament 10th April 1989\nComing into force 1st May 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 30(2), (3) and (11) of the Social Security Act 1986, section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in accordance with section 61(7) of the Social Security Act 1986, 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": "See section 83(5) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 30(2) was amended by regulation 3 of S.I. 1988/458. Section 30(11) was added by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), Schedule 4, paragraph 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/607/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."
}