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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-1999/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-1999/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/3108",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th November 1999\nLaid before Parliament 22nd November 1999\nComing into force 29th November 1999\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 2C, 7A, 189(1), (4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and sections 72 and 83(1) and (4) to (8) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made by virtue of or consequential upon sections 58, 71 and 72 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 and which is made before the end of a period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c.5; sections 2C and 7A were inserted by respectively sections 58 and 71 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word 'prescribe'."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1999 c.30."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.(c. 5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
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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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