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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998/schedule-2/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1998/14",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1998",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A decision as to the amount of benefit to which a person is entitled, where it appears to the Secretary of State that the amount is determined by—\n(a) the rate of benefit provided for by law; or\n(b) an alteration of a kind referred to in—\n(i) section 159(1)(b) of the Administration Act (income support); ...\n(ii) section 159A(1)(b) of that Act (jobseeker’s allowance); ...\n(iii) section 159B(1)(b) of that Act (state pension credit), or\n(iv) section 159C(1)(b) of that Act (employment and support allowance); or\n(v) section 159D(1)(b) of that Act (universal credit).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 6(b) repealed (6.10.2003) by State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), s. 22(3), Sch. 3; S.I. 2003/1766, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 2 para. 6(b) repealed (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), s. 70(1), Sch. 8; S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(b)(iii) and preceding word inserted (2.7.2002 for specified purposes, 6.10.2003 in so far as not already in force) by State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16), s. 22(3), Sch. 1 para. 11; S.I. 2002/1691, art. 2(i); S.I. 2003/1766, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(b)(iv) and preceding word inserted (27.10.2008) by Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c. 5), s. 70(2), Sch. 3 para. 17(8); S.I. 2008/787, art. 2(4)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(b)(v) and preceding word inserted (29.4.2013) by Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c. 5), s. 150(3), Sch. 2 para. 50(2); S.I. 2013/983, art. 3(1)(b)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(a) in force at 5.7.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/1958, art. 2(1)(b), Sch. 1 (with art. 5, Sch. 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(a) in force at 6.9.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2422, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Sch. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(a) in force at 5.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2739, art. 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 3, Sch. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I4",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6(a)(b)(ii) in force at 18.10.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/2860, art. 2(c), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 16-18)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I5",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 29.11.1999 for specified purposes by S.I. 1999/3178, art. 2(1)(a)(2), Sch. 1 (with art. 4, Schs. 21-23)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/24",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/24",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "words repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2009/24",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2012"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/14/schedule/2/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:23:08.158022+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}