{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overlapping-benefits-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overlapping-benefits-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/1446",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-overlapping-benefits-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 12th August 1988\nLaid before Parliament 15th August 1988\nComing into force 5th September 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 85 and 166(2) of the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make 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; section 85(2) was amended by the Child Benefit Act 1975 (c. 61) Schedule 4, paragraph 28; section 85(4) and (5) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18), section 15(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Seesection 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30). Section 10 was amended by paragraph 98 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986(c. 50)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/1446/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:00:35.109692+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."
}