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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-jobseekers-allowance-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2538",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Child Support (Jobseeker’s Allowance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-child-support-jobseekers-allowance-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nFAMILY LAW\nCHILD SUPPORT\nMade 7th October 1996\nLaid before Parliament 8th October 1996\nComing into force 28th October 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to regulation 2(2)(a) and (b) and (3) and the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to the remainder of the Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3(1), 4(5), 5(3), 8, 12(4), 20(4), 21, 26, 35(1), 36(2) to (5) and 40 of, and paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995, and sections 61 and 71 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meanings ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2538/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."
}