{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-married-same-sex-couples-regulations-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/76",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (Married Same Sex Couples) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-married-same-sex-couples-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security, England And Wales\nMade 14th January 2014\nLaid before Parliament 23rd January 2014\nComing into force 13th March 2014\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 62(1)(ad) and (ae) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.\nThis instrument has not been referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee because it contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, paragraph 14(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 62(1)(ad) and (ae) was inserted by paragraph 14(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30). Section 175(1) and (4) was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2013 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/76/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."
}