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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-medical-evidence-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1686",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Medical Evidence, Claims and Payments) Amendment Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-medical-evidence-claims-and-payments-amendment-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 18th September 1989\nLaid before Parliament 18th September 1989\nComing into force 9th October 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 115 and 166(2) of, and Schedules 13 and 20 to the Social Security Act 1975, and sections 51(1) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14; Schedule 20 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “Prescribed” and “Regulations”. The scope of section 115 was extended by section 52(3) and (6) of and Schedule 7, paragraph 4 to the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50) (the 1986 Act) and section 166(2) is applied by section 83(1) of the 1986 Act to the powers conferred by that Act to make regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 50. Section 51(1) was amended by Schedule 10, paragraph 7 to the Local Government Finance Act 1988 (c. 41). Section 84(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 61(1)(b) and (10) of the 1986 Act; the definition of “regulations” was added to section 61(10) by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24) Schedule 8, paragraph 12(4)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1686/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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