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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-national-insurance-number-information-exemption-regulations-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-national-insurance-number-information-exemption-regulations-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2676",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (National Insurance Number Information: Exemption) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-national-insurance-number-information-exemption-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 7th November 1997\nLaid before Parliament 10th November 1997\nComing into force 1st December 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1C), 189(1), (3) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, by this instrument which contains only regulations made by virtue of section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 and is made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of that enactment, and in so far as the regulations relate to housing benefit and council tax benefit after consulation with organisations appearing to her to be representative of the authorities concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; subsections (1A) to (1C) of section 1 were inserted by section 19 of the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (1997 c. 47); section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited for the definition of “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2676/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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