{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-guardians-allowances-amendment-regulations-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/492",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Guardian’s Allowances) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-guardians-allowances-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Social Security (Guardian’s Allowances) Regulations 1975 in relation to the circumstances in which a person is to be treated as being in prison for the purposes of section 77(2)(c) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 by—\nreducing the minimum length of custodial sentence from five to two years; and\nincluding persons who are ordered by a court to be detained in hospital—\nunder the Mental Health Act 1983 or the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 following conviction;\nunder the Criminal Procedure (Insanity) Act 1964 or the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 following a verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity or a finding that the accused was under a disability; or\nunder the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 following an acquittal on the grounds of insanity or a finding of insanity.\nThe Regulations also make some consequential amendments.\nThese Regulations do not impose any charge on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/492/note",
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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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