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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-universal-credit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/543",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security and Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-and-universal-credit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2023",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of a defect in S.I. 2014/1230 and 2017/204 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of those Statutory Instruments.\nSocial Security\nMade 15th May 2023\nLaid before Parliament 17th May 2023\nComing into force 29th June 2023\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(a) and 189(1) and (4) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, sections 4(9), 23(7) and 29 of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997 and sections 12(4) and 42(1) to (3) of, and paragraphs 1(1), 4(1)(b), (2)(c) to (e), and (3)(a) and 6(a) of Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012.\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 these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c. 27. Section 29 is cited for the meaning of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2012 c. 5."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/543/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."
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