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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-for-widows-and-widowers-consequential-amendments-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2000/1483",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Benefits for Widows and Widowers) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-for-widows-and-widowers-consequential-amendments-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th June 2000\nLaid before Parliament 12th June 2000\nComing into force 9th April 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 22(5), 48B(5), 54(1) and (2), 60, 81, 122(1), 144(1), 145 and 175(1) to (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 1(1), 5(1)(i) and (k), 71, 73, 74 and 189(1) and (3) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only regulations consequential upon sections 54 to 56 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 22(5) was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 48B(5) was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Subsections (1) and (2) were amended by paragraph 6(1) and (5) of Schedule 4 and Part II of Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 1995 and paragraph 62 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14) respectively."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 60 was amended by paragraph 21(9) of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 122(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 175(1) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "1992 c. 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "Section 71 was amended by section 32(1) of, and paragraph 48 of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995, section 1 of the Social Security (Overpayments) Act 1996 (c. 51), paragraph 81 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 and paragraph 3(c) of Schedule 1 to the Tax Credits Act 1999 (c. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "Section 73 was amended by paragraph 49(2) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "Section 74 was amended by paragraph 50 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "Section 189 was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 and paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc.) Act 1999."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f12",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "1999 c. 30; See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2000/1483/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."
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