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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-work-abroad-regulations-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/417",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Work Abroad) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-work-abroad-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 12th March 1987\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1987\nComing into force 6th April 1987\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 131 of and Schedule 20 to the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations should not be referred to it , hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; Schedule 20 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/417/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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