{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/516",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 9th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1988\nComing into force 6th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 13(4) and 166(2) and (3) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 13(4) was amended by the Social Security (No. 2) Act 1980 (c. 39), section 7(6) and Schedule and the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), section 75 and Schedule 8, paragraph 2(3); Schedule 20 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word“Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30), section 10(2)(b)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/516/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."
}