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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-4-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1445",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-4-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 11th August 1988\nLaid before Parliament 15th August 1988\nRegulations 1 and 14 5th September 1988\nRegulations 2 to 13, 15 to 17 and 19 to 26 12th September 1988\nRegulations 18, 27 and 28 10th April 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(3)(d), (11) and (12)(c) and (d), 21(1A), 22(1), (8) and (9) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 21(1A) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7), Schedule 4, paragraph 23; and section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning 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 Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act."
    }
  ],
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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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