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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-no2-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1662",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-no2-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 7th September 2015\nLaid before Parliament 14th September 2015\nComing into force 1st November 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(2) 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) defines “prescribed” as meaning “specified in or determined in accordance with regulations”. Amendments not material to these Regulations have been made to section 175(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See sections 170, 172 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). Amendments not relevant to these Regulations have been made to section 170."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1662/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."
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