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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-funeral-expenses-amendment-regulations-2018/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2018/61",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Funeral Expenses Amendment Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-funeral-expenses-amendment-regulations-2018",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 18th January 2018\nLaid before Parliament 22nd January 2018\nComing into force 2nd April 2018\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 5 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and sections 138(1)(a) and 175(1), 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",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.5; there are amendments to section 5 which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 138(4) provides that “prescribed” means specified in or determined in accordance with regulations; there are amendments to section 175(1) and (5) which is not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 provides that regulations which would otherwise be referable to the Social Security Advisory Committee by virtue of sections 170 and 172 of that Act may not be so referred with the agreement of that committee."
    }
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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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