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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2302",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 20th November 1990\nLaid before Parliament 21st November 1990\nComing into force 12th December 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32(2A) 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, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 32(2A) was added by section 11 of and paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7); section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 10(1) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30); and section 61(1)(b) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2302/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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