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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-contract-for-work-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/982",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Contract for Work) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-contract-for-work-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 10th March 1997\nComing into force 23rd June 1997\nWhereas a draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 37(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 19(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 29(1), (3) and (6)(a), 35 and 36(4) 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 and whereas these Regulations are made with a view to ascertaining whether their provisions will, or be likely to, encourage persons to obtain work or will, or will be likely to, facilitate the obtaining by persons of work, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 c. 5."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/982/introduction",
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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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