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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/379",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 8th March 1989\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 1989\nComing into force 1st April 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 32(2)(a) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the 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(2)(a) was amended by section 1 of the Social Fund (Maternity and Funeral Expenses) Act 1987 (c. 7) and section 84(1) is cited only for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 10(2)(b) 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/1989/379/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."
}