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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1989/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1989/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1627",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) Amendment Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th September 1989\nLaid before Parliament 8th September 1989\nComing into force 1st October 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(4) and 166 of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations, the Social Security Advisory Committee having agreed that proposals to make them should not be referred to it:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definitions of “Prescribe” and “Regulations” in Schedule 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. Section 13(4) was amended by the Schedule to the Social Security (No. 2) Act 1980 (c. 39) and by paragraph 2(3) of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 61(1)(b) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), and paragraph 12(4) and (5) of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1627/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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