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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/248",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Cold Weather Payments (General) Amendment Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-cold-weather-payments-general-amendment-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 7th February 2013\nLaid before Parliament 11th February 2013\nComing into force 1st November 2013\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) 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. 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)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/248/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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