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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/547",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 8th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 1990\nComing into force\nregulations 1, 2, 11, 12, 18(a) and (c), 22(e) and 23(a) 1st April 1990\nregulations 3 to 10,13 to 17, 18(b), (d) and (e), 19 to 21, 22(a) to (d) and 23(b) 9th April 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 20(3)(a) and (d), (11), (12)(b), (c), (e) and (k), 22(1), (8), (9)(a) and (b) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 166(1) to (3) is applied by section 83(1) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Act 1986, 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 Act of 1986."
    }
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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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