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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-amendment-regulations-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1656",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975.\nRegulation 2(3)(a) (which does not extend to Northern Ireland) removes a provision which disentitles a person from receiving a jobseeker’s allowance in respect of any day on which that person is a serving member of the armed forces.\nRegulation 2(2) and (3)(c) (which extends to the whole of the United Kingdom) replaces references to provisions in the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 1975 (which have been revoked) with references to provisions in the Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001.\nRegulation 2(3)(b) and (d) revoke a provision referring to the Ulster Defence Regiment, which no longer exists, and make amendments which are consequential upon that change.\nA full impact assessment has not been published for this instrument as it has no impact on the costs of business or the voluntary sector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1656/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:27:36.497984+00:00"
  },
  "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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