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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-13.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/14",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A document bearing a certificate which—\n(a) is signed by a person authorised in that behalf by the Secretary of State; and\n(b) states that the document, apart from the certificate, is a record of a decision of an appeal tribunal or of an officer of the Secretary of State,\nshall be conclusive evidence of the decision; and a certificate purporting to be so signed shall be deemed to be so signed unless the contrary is proved.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 omitted except in relation to S. for specified purposes (3.11.2008) by virtue of The Transfer of Tribunal Functions Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/2833), art. 1(1)(5), Sch. 3 para. 171"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 13 in force at 1.6.1999 by S.I. 1999/1510, art. 2(c) (with arts. 48-51)"
    }
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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."
}