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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/1938",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) Amendment Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-industrial-injuries-prescribed-diseases-amendment-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 29th August 1991\nLaid before Parliament 5th September 1991\nComing into force 26th September 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 76 and 77 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 76 was amended by the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Schedule 6, paragraph 4(1); section 77 was amended by the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24), Schedule 5, the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 3, paragraph 13, and the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), section 3(7), Schedule 6, paragraph 4(2); Schedule 20 is cited because of the meanings ascribed to the words “Prescribe” and “Regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 141 of the Social Security Act 1975, amended by the Social Security Act 1981 (c. 33), Schedule 2, paragraph 2, the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 (c. 24), Schedule 4, paragraph 16, the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 86 and Schedule 11."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1938/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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