{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-regulations-1978/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1978/391",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-regulations-1978",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 9th March 1978\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 1978\nComing into Operation 5th April 1978\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 36(5) and 37(4) of the National Insurance Act 1965, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": ". (These provisions were repealed by the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38) but were continued in force in a modified form by regulation 2 of the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 1975 (S.I. 1975/557))."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/391/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."
}