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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-members-of-the-reserve-forces-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Members of the Reserve Forces) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-members-of-the-reserve-forces-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 23rd February 2015\nLaid before Parliament 2nd March 2015\nComing into force 6th April 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 136(3), (4) and (5)(b), 137(1) and 175(3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992sections 6(4), 7(4), 12(1) to (3) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995and sections 17(1), (2) and (3)(b), 24(1), 25(2), (3) and (5) of the Welfare Reform Act 2007, makes the following Regulations.\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 the 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.4. Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word “prescribed”. Sections 137(1) and 175(4) have been amended in ways not relevant to these Regulations"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 18. Section 8(2) was amended by section 33(1) and (2) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c. 24). Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning it gives to the terms “prescribed” and “regulations”. The definition of “prescribed” was amended by paragraph 62 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2007. c.5. Section 24(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning given to the word prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
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  "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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