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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-carers-allowance-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2497",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Carer’s Allowance) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-carers-allowance-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 27th September 2002\nLaid before Parliament 4th October 2002\nComing into force—\nexcept for the purposes of regulation 3 28th October 2002\nfor the purposes of regulation 3 1st April 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the enactments set out in Column 1 of Schedule 1 to these Regulations as amended by the provisions set out in Column 2 of that Schedule and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it and after consultation, in so far as they relate to council tax benefit and housing benefit, with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 176 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2497/introduction",
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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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