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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1033",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 17th April 1991\nLaid before Parliament 25th April 1991\nComing into force 20th May 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of thepowers conferred by section 22(1) and (4) and 84(1) of the SocialSecurity Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, andafter agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposalsto make these Regulations should not be referred to ithereby 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 andis cited because of the meanings assigned to the words“prescribed” and“regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 166(3A) was inserted by section 62 of the SocialSecurity Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1)of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Act 1986, section 61(1)(b) and (10); the SocialSecurity 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": "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."
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