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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/553",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 21st March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 21st March 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 59A(10), 76, 77, 82(5) and 129 of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; section 59A was inserted by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), section 39, Schedule 3, paragraph 5; section 77 was amended by the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24), Schedule 5 and by the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 3, paragraph 13; Schedule 20 is quoted because of the meaning ascribed to the words“Prescribed” and “Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 141 of the Social Security Act 1975."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/553/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."
}