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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-and-contributions-jobseekers-allowance-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2367",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Credits and Contributions) (Jobseeker’s Allowance Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-credits-and-contributions-jobseekers-allowance-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 11th September 1996\nLaid before Parliament 16th September 1996\nComing into force 7th October 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, 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 and sections 35(1) and 40 of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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": "1992 c. 4; section 22(5) was amended by paragraph 22 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18); section 122(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to prescribe ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to regulations ."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). That section applies to regulations made under the Jobseekers Act 1995 by virtue of the amendment made by paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to that Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2367/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."
}