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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/2022",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment No. 5 Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 21st November 1988\nLaid before Parliament 21st November 1988\nComing into force\nfor the purposes of regulations 1, 2(b), 3 to 15, 17(b), 18 and 20 to 23 12th December 1988\nfor the purposes of regulations 2(a), 16, 17(a) and 19 10th April 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(3)(d) and (12)(d), 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 and 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:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; 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) is 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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