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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-project-work-pilot-scheme-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/983",
  "legislation_title": "The Jobseeker’s Allowance (Project Work Pilot Scheme) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/jobseekers-allowance-project-work-pilot-scheme-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 10th March 1997\nComing into force 26th May 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 19(2), (8)(b) and (10)(c), 29(1), (3) and (6)(a), 35(1) and 36(2) 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 will 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": "Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 170 and section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration 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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