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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/79",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th January 2002\nLaid before Parliament 24th January 2002\nComing into force 31st March 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(1) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 9(1)(a) of the Social Security Act 1998 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of 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": "Section 138(1) was substituted by section 70(1) of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), section 2 and Schedule 3, paragraph 29(1), (2) and (4)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1998 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/79/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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