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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-winter-fuel-payment-amendment-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1880",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Amendment Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-winter-fuel-payment-amendment-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 30th June 1999\nLaid before Parliament 7th July 1999\nComing into force 28th October 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and 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": "1992 c. 4; section 138(4) is cited because of the definition of “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/1999/1880/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."
}