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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/522",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 166(2) of the Social Security Act 1975 and sections 51(1), 84(1) and 89 of the Social Security Act 1986 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf by this instrument which is made before the end of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. Section 166(2) is applied by section 83(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 to regulation-making powers conferred by that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 50. Section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning which it ascribes to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/522/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."
}