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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/441",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 2008",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "social security\nMade 20th February 2008\nLaid before Parliament 25th February 2008\nComing into force 17th March 2008\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), 189(1), (3) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.\n[In accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 he has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it.]",
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  "version": "current",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.5. Section 189(1) was amended by Schedule 7 paragraph 109(a) and Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14), Schedule 3 paragraph 57 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). Section 191 is cited for the meaning of the word “prescribed”."
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  "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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