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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-categorisation-of-earners-amendment-regulations-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1728",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Amendment Regulations 1998",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 15th July 1998\nLaid before Parliament 16th July 1998\nComing into force 17th July 1998\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 2(2)(b), 7(2), 122(1) and 175(1) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, without having referred proposals to the Social Security Advisory Committee because it appears to her that, by reason of the urgency of the matter, it is inexpedient so to refer them, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 122(1) is cited for the definition of “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
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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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