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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/458",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nMade 9th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1988\nComing into force 31st March 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 84(1) and 89(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only provisions consequential on sections 20, 28, 29 and 30 of that Act in their application to housing benefit and Regulations made under those sections and is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of those sections, makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”."
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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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