{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-lone-parents-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/874",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Lone Parents and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-lone-parents-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 20th March 2012\nLaid before Parliament 22nd March 2012\nComing into force 21st May 2012\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by—\nsections 2A(1), 189(1), (4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992,\nsections 123(1), 124(1)(e), 137(1) and 175(1) and (3) to (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992,\nsections 6(4), 7(4) 35(1) and 36(2) of the Jobseekers Act 1995;\nsection 2(4)(a), 4(6)(a) and 24(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992. c.5. Section 2A was inserted by section 57 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30). Section 189(1), (4) and (5) was amended by paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14); section 189(1) was amended by paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c.2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21); section 191 is cited because of the meaning it gives to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992. c.4. Section 124(1)(e) was inserted by paragraph 30(5) of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 (c.18); section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”; section 175(1) and (4) was amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 29(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc) Act 1999 (c.2). Section 175(5) was amended by section 11(1) of, and Schedule 1, paragraph 36 to, the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c.18)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995. c.18. Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2007. c.5. Section 24(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/874/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."
}