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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-dependency-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-dependency-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/355",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-dependency-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1987\nComing into force 6th April 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 49, 84(1) and 166 of, and Schedule 20, to the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definitions of “Entitled to child benefit” and “Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; the definition of “Entitled to child benefit” was inserted in Schedule 20 by the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c. 61), Schedule 4, paragraph 38."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 10."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/355/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."
}