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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/71",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Amendment) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-amendment-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 15th January 1998\nLaid before Parliament 23rd January 1998\nComing into force 5th April 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 21, 35(1) and 36(1) to (4)(a) of, and paragraphs 4 and 10(1) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, 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 the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), sections 170 and 172(1); paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” under which proposals in respect of 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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