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  "legislation": "ukpga/1988/7",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the law relating to social security and to make fresh provision in relation to welfare foods and for the remission of charges for services provided under the National Health Service Act 1977 and the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978 and the payment of travelling and overnight expenses for the purpose of persons availing themselves of services provided under those Acts; and for connected purposes.\n[15th March 1988]",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "The base date version of this Act is as revised to 1.7.1992 and takes account of the effects on it of the consolidating legislation which came into force at that date"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Words of enactment omitted under Statutes Law Revision Act 1948 (c. 62), s. 3"
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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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