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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1992/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/726",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) Amendment Regulations 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-1992",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 12th March 1992\nLaid before Parliament 12th March 1992\nComing into force 6th April 1992\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 13(4), 166(1) to (3) and 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975and 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 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). Section 168(1) and Schedule 20 are cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “Prescribe” and “Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 61(1)(b) and (10) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50). The Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 12(4) added a definition of “regulations” to section 61(10) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/726/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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