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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1632",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Claims and Payments and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-claims-and-payments-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 24th June 2003\nLaid before Parliament 27th June 2003\nComing into force 21st July 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 5(1)(a) and (j), 6(1)(a), 7A(1)(b), (2) and (6)(d), 189(1) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it , and so far as they concern housing benefit and council tax benefit after consultation with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned , hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 6(1) was amended by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraph 12(1)(a); section 7A was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 71; there are amendments to sections 7A and 189(1) and (4) which are not relevant to these Regulations; section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 173(1)(b)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992, section 176(1)(a)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1632/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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