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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-disability-living-allowance-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/349",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Disability Living Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-disability-living-allowance-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 13th February 1997\nLaid before Parliament 20th February 1997\nComing into force 6th October 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 75 and 122 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of 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 122 which is an interpretation provision is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 173(1)(b)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/349/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."
}