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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-categorisation-of-earners-regulations-1978/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1978/1689",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Categorisation of Earners) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-categorisation-of-earners-regulations-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 24th November 1978\nLaid before Parliament 6th December 1978\nComing into Operation 27th December 1978\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred on him by sections 2(2), 4(4) and (5) of, and paragraph 6(1)(k) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations, which are made for the purpose only of consolidating the regulations hereby revoked and accordingly, by virtue of section 139(2) of, and paragraph 20 of Schedule 15 to, that Act, are not subject to the requirements of section 139(1) of that Act for prior reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument saving (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by The Social Security Contributions (Intermediaries) Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/727), reg. 12"
    }
  ],
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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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