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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/271",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-amendment-regulations-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 6th March 2017\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2017\nComing into force 6th April 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(1)(a), (2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed 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": "1992 c. 4. Section 138(4) is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5) provides that proposals in respect of regulations are not required to be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee where the Committee agrees. Proposals in respect of these Regulations would otherwise be referable to the Committee by virtue of sections 170 and 172 of that Act."
    }
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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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