{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-capital-disregards-amendment-regulations-2019/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1314",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Capital Disregards) (Amendment) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-capital-disregards-amendment-regulations-2019",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 3rd October 2019\nLaid before Parliament 8th October 2019\nComing into force 31st October 2019\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 123(1)(a) and (d), 136(3) and (5)(b), 136A(3), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 12(1) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995, sections 15(3) and (6)(b) and 17(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002, sections 17(1) and (3)(b), 24(1) and 25(3) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007 and section 42(1), (2) and (3)(a) of, and paragraph 4(1) and (3)(a) of Schedule 1 and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to, the Welfare Reform Act 2012.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.\nIn accordance with section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to her to be representative of the authorities concerned in respect of regulations 5 and 6. Those organisations have agreed that consultation in respect of those regulations need not be undertaken.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 136A was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Act 2002 (c. 16). Subsection (3) of section 175 is applied to provisions of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 by section 19(1) of that Act. Section 137(1) is cited for the definition of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 18. Section 35(1) is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2002 c. 16. Section 17(1) is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2007 c. 5. Section 24(1) is cited for the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2012 c. 5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "1992 c. 5."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1314/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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