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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2536",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Maternity and Funeral Expenses (General) Amendment Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-maternity-and-funeral-expenses-general-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 25th September 2004\nLaid before Parliament 30th September 2004\nComing into force 25th October 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 138(1)(a) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 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, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 138 (1) was substituted by section 70(1) of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14). Section 138(4) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2536/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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