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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/652",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 2nd March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 5th March 2001\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Education and Employment, in relation to regulation 5 and the Secretary of State for Social Security, in relation to the remainder of these Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 124(1)(e), 136(3), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 3(1)(f), (2) and (4), 3A(1)(e) and (2), 17(1) and (1A), 19(8) and (10)(c), 20A(9), 21, 35(1) and 36(1) of, and paragraphs 8 and 8A of Schedule 1 to, the Jobseekers Act 1995 and sections 2A(1), (3)(b) and (d), 189(1) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling each of them in that behalf, after consultation, in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, with organisations appearing to the Secretary of State to be representative of the authorities concerned and after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 123(1)(d) was inserted and section 137 amended, with respect to council tax benefit, by Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 124(1)(e) was added 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 ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. Sections 3A, 17(1A) and 20A and paragraph 8A of Schedule 1 were inserted by Schedule 7 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), paragraphs 4(2), 11, 13 and 16(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 2A was inserted by section 58 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Scurity Administration Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/652/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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