{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-for-work-and-severe-disablement-allowance-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1009",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Incapacity for Work and Severe Disablement Allowance) Amendment Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-incapacity-for-work-and-severe-disablement-allowance-amendment-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 20th March 1997\nComing into force 1st April 1997\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 6(3) of the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 68(11)(cc), 122(1), 171D(1), 171G(2) and 175 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 68(11)(cc) was inserted by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), section 9(3); sections 171D and 171G were inserted by section 6(1) of that Act. Sections 122(1) and 171G(2) are cited because of the meaning assigned to the word"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "“prescribe” or “prescribed”."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1009/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."
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