{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-maintenance-payments-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-maintenance-payments-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/940",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Benefits (Maintenance Payments and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefits-maintenance-payments-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 27th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 1st April 1996\nComing into force 19th April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 74A(5) and (6), 189(1) and (3) to (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, sections 136(5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1) to (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 74A of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c.5; section 74A was inserted by section 25 of the Child Support Act 1995 (c.34); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c.4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribed\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument applied (with modifications) (1.10.2010) by Employment and Support Allowance (Transitional Provisions, Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit) (Existing Awards) (No.2) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1907), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(e)(iii), 16(3) (with reg. 3)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/940/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:46:28.902645+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."
}