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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/544",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 2 Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 7th March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 14th March 1991\nComing into force 8th April 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(1)(a), 22(1) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; sub-section (1A) was inserted by section 62(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Seethe Social Security Act 1986, section 61 (1)(b) and (10). The Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8 added a definition of “regulations” to section 61(10) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
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  "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."
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