{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1426",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 6th August 1987\nLaid before Parliament 10th August 1987\nComing into force 31st August 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 35(2A) and (5A) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations which relate only to matters which, in accordance with that Act, have been referred to the Attendance Allowance Board;",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; subsections (2A) and (5A) were inserted in section 35 by the Social Security Act 197 (c.18), section 2(3) and 2(6) respectively. See definition of “Regulations” in Schedule 20."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1426/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:21:35.213068+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}