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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1679",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 3 Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-3-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th July 1993\nLaid before Parliament 12th July 1993\nComing into force 2nd August 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 135(1), 136(5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee of proposals to make the regulations specified in the Schedule to this instrument, the Committee having agreed that the proposals in respect of the remainder of the regulations in this instrument be not referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 172(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b)."
    }
  ],
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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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