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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2020/300",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Contributions) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 13th March 2020\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 2020\nComing into force 6th April 2020\nThese Regulations are made by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs in exercise of the powers conferred by section 175(3) and (4) of, and paragraph 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 171(3) and (4) of, and paragraph 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and now exercisable by them.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 175(4) was amended by paragraph 29(4) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2). Paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1 was amended by paragraph 77(8) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 14), paragraph 35(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 and paragraph 185(a) and (b) of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1). Paragraph 6(2) was amended by paragraph 77(9) of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7. Paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 1 was amended by paragraph 58(8) of Schedule 6 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1998 (S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)), paragraph 34(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671) and paragraph 204(a) and (b) of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003. Paragraph 6(2) was amended by paragraph 58(9) of Schedule 6 to S.I. 1998/1506 (N.I. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The functions of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue were transferred to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs by section 5(1) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11). Section 50(1) of that Act provides that insofar as it is appropriate in consequence of section 5, a reference in an enactment, however, expressed, to the Commissioners of Inland Revenue is to be treated as a reference to the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs."
    }
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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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