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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-amendment-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/587",
  "legislation_title": "The Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/rent-officers-housing-benefit-functions-amendment-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 28th February 2008\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2008\nComing into force 7th April 2008\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 122(1) and (6) of the Housing Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c.52. Section 122 was amended by sections 40 and 67 of and Schedule 5, paragraph 12 and Schedule 8 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5)."
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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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