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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/757",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 8th March 2012\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 2012\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) to (4)\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions set out in the Schedule to these 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 proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.\nIn respect of the provisions in these Regulations relating to housing benefit and council tax benefit, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/757/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:37:29.512218+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}