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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-related-benefits-self-employment-route-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/963",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Income-Related Benefits Self-Employment Route Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-income-related-benefits-self-employment-route-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 30th March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 5th April 2004\nComing into force 4th May 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 136(3), (4) and (5)(b) and (c), 137(1) and (2)(d), and 175(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 12(1) to (3) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) of, and paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 , and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation in respect of the provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned , and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it , hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1995 c. 18; section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), which was amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5); paragraph 67(a) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in section 170(5) in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/963/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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