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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1972",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefit (Transitional) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefit-transitional-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nRATING AND VALUATION\nMade 20th November 1987\nLaid before Parliament 20th November 1987\nComing into force 31st December 1987\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 intrument which contains only provisions consequential on sections 20, 21, 22, 28, 29 and 51 of that Act and Regulations made under those sections in their application to housing benefit and is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of those sections after consultation in accordance with section 61(7) of that Act with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “regulations”."
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  ],
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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."
}