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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-4-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1559",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 4 Regulations 1991",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 8th July 1991\nLaid before Parliament 12th July 1991\nComing into force\nregulations 1, 2, 10 to 12, 14 and 15(e) 5th August 1991\nregulation 15(a) to (c), 16 and 17 1st October 1991\nregulations 4, 6 to 9, 13, 15(d), 18 to 21, and regulations 22 to 24 only insofar as they relate to regulations 4 and 13(b) 7th October 1991\nregulations 3 and 5, and regulations 22 to 24 only insofar as they relate to regulation 3 7th April 1992\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(3)(a) and (d)(i), (12)(c) and (d)(i), 22(1), (8), (9)(a) and (b) 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, and 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:",
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      "text": "1986 c.50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
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      "text": "1975 c.14; subsection (3) was amended by the Social Security Act 1989 (c.24), section 31(1) and Schedule 8, paragraph 10; section 166(3A) 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 the Social Security Act 1986."
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      "text": "See the Social Security Act 1986 (c.50), 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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      "text": "This legislation was made on 08.07.1991 and was published on the SLDB on 16.04.1996 for the first time. Some information has now been added to the item but we have not yet completed carrying its effects into other parts of the database."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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