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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2379",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (General) Amendment Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-general-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been printed in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2002/3019 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 15th September 2003\nLaid before Parliament 15th September 2003\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
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  "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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