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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefits-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefits-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1440",
  "legislation_title": "The Housing Benefits (Amendment) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/housing-benefits-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES\nHOUSING, SCOTLAND\nRATING AND VALUATION\nMade 10th August 1987\nLaid before Parliament 11th August 1987\nComing into force 1st September 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 28(1) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 and section 166(2) and (3) of the Social Security Act 1975 (as applied by section 45(1) of the first-mentioned Act) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the consent of the Treasury, after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of authorities concerned and, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1982 c. 24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 36(1) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See sections 9 and 10 of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30) as amended by section 48(5) of, and paragraph 30 of Schedule 4 to, the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982."
    }
  ],
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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."
}