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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-loss-of-benefit-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/486",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Loss of Benefit) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-loss-of-benefit-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 5th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 7(6) and 11(1) of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this Instrument, which is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of sections 7 to 13 of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 c. 11. Section 11(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 12(3)(a) of that Act added sections 7 to 11 of that Act to the list of “the relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee. See however section 173(5)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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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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