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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-adjudication-amendment-no-3-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2889",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Adjudication) Amendment (No. 3) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-adjudication-amendment-no-3-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th December 1991\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 12(1) of the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 100A(1) and (5), 100B(3), 100D(1)(a) and (2), 101(5B), 105, 106, 114, 115, 115D(1), 119(3) and (4) and 166(2) and (3) of, and Schedules 13 and 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 10 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1971, by this instrument, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c. 21"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. Sections 100A, 100B, 100D, and 115D were inserted by paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Disability Living Allowance and Disability Working Allowance Act 1991 (“the 1991 Act”) and applied to disability working allowance by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 1991 Act. Section 115(2) was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 to the 1991 Act and Schedule 13 was amended by paragraph 17 of Schedule 1 to that Act. Schedule 20 is cited for the meaning it ascribes to “prescribe” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1971 c. 62. See section 10(2) and paragraph 19 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
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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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