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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-montserrat-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2006",
  "legislation_title": "The Income-related Benefits (Montserrat) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-montserrat-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 31st July 1996\nLaid before Parliament 7th August 1996\nComing into force 28th August 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1), 131(3), 135(1), 137(1) and (2)(i) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and so far as they relate to housing benefit and council tax benefit after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of 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": "1992 c. 4; sections 123(1)(e) and 131 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), section 103 and Schedule 9, paragraphs 1(1) and 4. Section 137(1) which is an interpretation provision is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 176(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 173(1)(b)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2006/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."
}