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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-prescribed-categories-of-person-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3152",
  "legislation_title": "The Income Support (Prescribed Categories of Person) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/income-support-prescribed-categories-of-person-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 30th November 2009\nLaid before Parliament 4th December 2009\nComing into force 30th December 2009\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1)(a), 124(1)(d) and (e), 137(1) and 175(1) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.4. Section 123(1) was amended by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c.14) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). Section 124(1) paragraphs (d) and (e) were respectively substituted and inserted by paragraph 30 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18); paragraph (e) was amended by Schedule 3 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16). Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See sections 172(1) 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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