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  "title": "The Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1988",
  "short_title": "Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) 1988",
  "long_title": "These Regulations, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament, come into force on 11th April 1988 and replace, with amendments, the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 1987 (S.I. 1987/491) and Part IV of the Supplementary Benefit (Trade Disputes and Recovery from Earnings) Regulations 1980 (S.I. 1980/1641) which cease to have effect.",
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