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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-persons-abroad-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-persons-abroad-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/435",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-persons-abroad-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 8th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 82(5) and 131 of and Schedule 20 to the Social Security Act 1975, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the 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": "See the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 10(2)(b)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/435/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."
}