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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-dependency-and-housing-benefits-amendment-regulations-1984/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1984/1728",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefit (Dependency) and Housing Benefits Amendment Regulations 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-dependency-and-housing-benefits-amendment-regulations-1984",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY HOUSING, ENGLAND AND WALES HOUSING, SCOTLAND RATING AND VALUATION\nMade 31st October 1984\nLaid before Parliament 8th November 1984\nComing into Operation 29th November 1984\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 49(a) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and section 28(1) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982, and, insofar as is required in the case of regulation 3, with the consent of the Treasury and after consultation with organisations appearing to him to be representative of authorities concerned, by this instrument, which contains only provisions consequential on Schedule 4 to the Health and Social Security Act 1984 before the expiry of the period of six months beginning with the commencement of that Schedule, makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "as amended by the Health and Social Security Act 1984 (c.48), Schedule 4, paragraph 3."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 28(1) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 36(1) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982."
    }
  ],
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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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