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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2677",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-no-2-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 7th November 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th November 1997\nComing into force 1st December 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 35(1), 36(1) and (2) and 40(1)(a) and (2)(b) of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling her 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",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings ascribed to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee."
    }
  ],
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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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