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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/581",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Attendance Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-attendance-allowance-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 12th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 1990\nComing into force 9th April 1990\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred 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, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; Schedule 20 is cited for the meaning it ascribes 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/1990/581/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."
}