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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-hospital-in-patients-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3360",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Hospital In-Patients) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-hospital-in-patients-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 6th December 2005\nLaid before Parliament 12th December 2005\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 113(1)(b), 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 124(5), 130(4), 131(10), 135(1), 136(3), 137(1), 138(2) and (4) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 , sections 5(1)(p), 73(1)(b) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 , sections 4(5) and 36(1), (2) and (4)(a) of the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 2(3), (6) and (9), 3(8), 17(1) and 19(1) of the State Pension Credit Act 2002 .\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1992 c. 4; sections 123(e) and 131 were substituted by the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), Schedule 9, paragraphs 1(1) and 4 respectively; sections 137(1) and 138(4) are cited for the definition of “prescribed”."
    },
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      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 73(1) was amended by the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c. 18), Schedule 2, paragraph 49."
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      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1995 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "2002 c. 16; section 17(1) is cited for the definition of “prescribed”."
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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