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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1759",
  "legislation_title": "The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the following Regulations—\nthe Council Tax Benefit (General) Regulations 1992;\nthe Disability Working Allowance (General) Regulations 1991;\nthe Family Credit (General) Regulations 1987;\nthe Housing Benefit (General) Regulations 1987;\nthe Income Support (General) Regulations 1987.\nRegulation 2 increases the amount to be allowed in respect of the cost of books and equipment in calculating a student’s grant income.\nRegulation 3, in respect of housing benefit only, increases the amount of the deduction to be made in calculating a student’s eligible rent.\nThese Regulations do not impose a charge on businesses.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1759/note",
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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."
}