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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-2007/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2911",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Information) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-information-regulations-2007",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social security\nMade 8th October 2007\nLaid before Parliament 10th October 2007\nComing into force 31st October 2007\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1)(a), 7A(1), (2) and (6)(d), 7B(2) and (5), 189(1) and (4) to (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 .\nIn accordance with section 176(1)(a) of that Act, as regards provisions in the Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, he has consulted organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 7A was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 71, and was amended by the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5), section 41 which also inserted section 7B; section 191 is cited because of the meaning it gives to “prescribe”, which was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2911/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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