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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-austria-order-1981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/605",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Austria) Order 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-austria-order-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 13th April 1981\nComing into Operation 1st May 1981\nAt the Court at Windsor Castle, the 13th day of April 1981\nPresent,\nThe Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas at Vienna on 22nd July 1980, a Convention on social security between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Austria was signed on behalf of those Governments:\nAnd Whereas by Article 42 of the Convention it is provided that the Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the month in which the instruments of ratification are exchanged:\nAnd Whereas the Convention has been ratified by the said Governments and the instruments of ratification were exchanged on 6th February 1981, and accordingly the Convention enters into force on 1st May 1981:\nAnd Whereas by section 143(1) of the Social Security Act 1975 and section 15(1) of the Child Benefit Act 1975 it is provided that Her Majesty may by Order in Council make provision for modifying or adapting the said Social Security Act and for modifying the provisions of Part I of the said Child Benefit Act and regulations made under it in their application to cases affected by agreements with other governments providing for reciprocity in matters specified in those sections:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of the said section 143(1), and the said section 15(1), and of all other powers enabling Her Majesty in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/605/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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