{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-hospital-in-patients-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-hospital-in-patients-amendment-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/31",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Amendment Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-hospital-in-patients-amendment-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 15th January 1987\nLaid before Parliament 23rd January 1987\nComing into force 13th February 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 85(1) of and Schedule 20 to the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these regulations shall not be referred to it, hereby makes the following regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the definition of “Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/31/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."
}