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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/766",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits) (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 8th March 2012\nLaid before Parliament 12th March 2012\nComing into force 5th April 2012\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5), 122(1) and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.4. Section 122(1) is cited due to the meaning ascribed to “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) provides that proposals in respect of regulations which would otherwise be referable to the Social Security Advisory Committee may not be so referred with the agreement of that Committee. These Regulations would otherwise be referable by virtue of section 172 of that Act."
    }
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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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