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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/462",
  "legislation_title": "The Income-related Benefits Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-related-benefits-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 28th February 1996\nLaid before Parliament 4th March 1996\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1), 130(2), 134(1), 135(1) and (6), 136(2), (3) and (5)(a) and (b), 137(1) and (2)(h) and (i) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 5(1)(b) and 6(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, and after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c.4; sections 123, 130, 135, 136 and 137 of the Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were amended to have effect with respect to council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c.5; section 6(1)(b) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14), Schedule 9, paragraph 12."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5), section 173(1)(b) and (7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 176(1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/462/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."
}