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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-married-women-and-widows-special-provisions-regulations-1974/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-married-women-and-widows-special-provisions-regulations-1974/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1974/2010",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-married-women-and-widows-special-provisions-regulations-1974",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nLaid before Parliament in draft\nMade 3rd December 1974\nComing into Operation 6th April 1975\nWhereas a draft of the following regulations was laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by sections 9(7), 37 and 42 of and paragraph 14 of Schedule 22 and paragraphs 2 and 4 of Schedule 26 to the Social Security Act 1973 and all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by The Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No. 2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), reg. 16(2)(e)(iii)(3) (with reg. 3)"
    }
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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."
}