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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/367",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 14th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 20th February 1997\nComing into force 13th March 1997\nIn exercise of the powers conferred on the Secretary of State by section 19(10)(c) and 35(1) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, by this instrument, 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 the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 170 and section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administra tion Act 1992, 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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