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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-care-payments-and-tenant-incentive-scheme-amendment-regulations-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2017/995",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Child Support (Care Payments and Tenant Incentive Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-care-payments-and-tenant-incentive-scheme-amendment-regulations-2017",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nChild Support\nMade 16th October 2017\nLaid before Parliament 17th October 2017\nComing into force 7th November 2017\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(3)(c), 42 and 52(4) of, and paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to, the Child Support Act 1991, sections 123(1)(a) and (d), 130(2), 136(3) and (5)(b), 136A(3), 137(2)(d) and 175(3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 12(1) and (4)(b) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995, section 15(3) and (6)(b) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 and sections 17(3)(b) and 25(2) and (3) of, and paragraph 10 of Schedule 2 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of Parts 2, 3 and 5 of these Regulations should not be referred to it.\nIn accordance with section 176(1) of that Act , the Secretary of State has consulted, in relation to regulations 5, 6, and 12 and Part 5, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned. Those organisations have agreed that consultation in respect of those regulations need not be undertaken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1991 c.48. Part 1 of Schedule 1 is substituted by provision made in section 1(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c.19) in the cases specified in S.I. 2003/192. See section 54(1) for the meaning of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c.4 (“the SSCBA”). Section 136A(3) is inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c.16). See section 137(1) for the meaning of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c.18. See section 35(1) for the meanings of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 19(1) applies section 175(3) and (4) of the SSCBA to regulations made under this Act as those provisions apply to regulations made under the SSCBA. See section 17(1) for the meanings of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2007 c.5. See section 24(1) for the meanings of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Section 176(1)(b) was amended by paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 13 to the Housing Act 1996 and was repealed, to the extent that it related to council tax benefit, by section 147 of, and paragraph 1 of Schedule 14 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5) with effect from 1st April 2013 and subject to savings and transitional provisions in articles 9 and 10 of S.I. 2013/358."
    }
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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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