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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-amendment-residential-care-and-nursing-homes-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/398",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Amendment (Residential Care and Nursing Homes) Regulations 2002",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 21st February 2002\nLaid before Parliament 27th February 2002\nComing into force 8th April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), 135(1), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 5(1)(p) and 189(4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, sections 4(5), 35(1) and 36(1) and (2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 10(6) and 84 of the Social Security Act 1998 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, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and 195 c. 18 “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1998 c. 14; section 84 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; 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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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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