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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2569",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 2nd October 2008\nLaid before Parliament 6th October 2008\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) 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 an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Amendments not relevant to these Regulations have been made to section 175(1) and (4)."
    },
    {
      "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/2008/2569/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."
}