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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-members-of-the-reserve-forces-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1616",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Members of the Reserve Forces) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-members-of-the-reserve-forces-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 20th June 2012\nLaid before Parliament 27th June 2012\nComing into force 30th July 2012\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 6(4), 7(4), 8(2)(d), 12(1) to (3) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 18. Section 8(2) was amended by section 33(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24). Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning it gives to the terms “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “prescribed” was amended by paragraph 62 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1616/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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