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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/686",
  "legislation_title": "The National Assistance (Charges for Accommodation) (Scotland) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-assistance-charges-for-accommodation-scotland-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL ASSISTANCE SERVICES\nMade 13th March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 18th March 1991\nComing into force 8th April 1991\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 22(3) and (4) and 64(1) of the National Assistance Act 1948, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1948 c. 29; section 22(3) and (4) is applied by section 26(3) of that Act; section 22(3) was amended by the Supplementary Benefits Act 1976 (c. 71), Schedule 7, paragraph 3(a) and by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 32(1); section 22(3) and (4) and section 26(3) are applied by section 87(3) and (4) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49): section 64( 1) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made."
    }
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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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