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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-winter-fuel-payment-amendment-regulations-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/898",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-fund-winter-fuel-payment-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2024/869 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nSOCIAL SECURITY\nMade at 2.50 p.m. on 3rd September 2024\nLaid before Parliament at 5.15 p.m. on 3rd September 2024\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)\nThe Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 138(2) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 71(1)(a), (2)(a), (3) and (5) of the Scotland Act 2016.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, it appears to the Secretary of State that by reason of the urgency of this matter it is inexpedient to refer the proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Social Security Advisory Committee.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regulations revoked (E.W.) (15.9.2025) by The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/969), regs. 1(1), 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. See section 138(4) for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 175(1) is amended by paragraph 29(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2016 c. 11. See also section 23 which amends Section F1 (social security schemes) in Part 2 of Schedule 5 to the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46), to give the Scottish Parliament legislative competence over the provision of financial or other assistance for the purposes of meeting or reducing expenses for heating incurred due to cold weather."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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