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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1656",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment (No. 5) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-no-5-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th July 1991\nLaid before Parliament 22nd July 1991\nComing into force 12th August 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(1) 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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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provisionand is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed”and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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 1986and 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 definition of “regulations” was added tosection 61(10) by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 12(4)."
    }
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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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