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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-educational-maintenance-allowance-regulations-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1677",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Educational Maintenance Allowance) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-educational-maintenance-allowance-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 14th June 1999\nLaid before Parliament 21st June 1999\nComing into force 16th August 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 123(1), 136(5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 12(4)(b), 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; sections 123 and 137 were amended to have effect in relation to council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), paragraphs 1 and 9; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee."
    }
  ],
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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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