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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/531",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 17th March 1988\nComing into force 7th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 35(5) of and Schedule 20 to the Social Security Act 1975, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains regulations which relate only to matters which in accordance with section 140 of the Act of 1975 have been referred to the Attendance Allowance Board, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; Schedule 20 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words“Prescribed” and“Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 10 and Schedule 3, Part II, paragraph 12(3)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/531/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."
}