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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/269",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th February 1988\nLaid before Parliament 19th February 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 128 of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and section 123 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; Schedule 20 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words“Prescribed” and“Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 15; Schedule 17 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words“Prescribed” and“Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/269/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."
}