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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-personal-allowances-for-children-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1541",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Personal Allowances for Children) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-personal-allowances-for-children-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 24th June 1998\nLaid before Parliament 30th June 1998\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 123(1), 128(5), 129(8), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 4(5), 35(1) and 36(1), (2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, 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",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; sections 123(1) and 137(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 were amended to have effect with respect to council tax benefit by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), paragraphs 1(1) and 9; section 137(1) is an interpretation provison 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 word “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), sections 170 and 173(1)(b); paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18) added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must be referred to the Committee. Section 173(7) defines “regulations”."
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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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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