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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-applications-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-applications-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/524",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund (Applications) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-applications-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 17th March 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 33(1) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactment under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 33(1) was amended by paragraph 9 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7) and section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning it ascribes to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 166(3A) was inserted by section 62(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and section 166(1) to (3A) is applied by section 83(1) of that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/524/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."
}