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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-penalty-notice-regulations-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-penalty-notice-regulations-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2813",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Penalty Notice) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-penalty-notice-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 25th November 1997\nLaid before Parliament 27th November 1997\nComing into force 18th December 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 115A(2) (b), 189(1), (3) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, by this instrument which is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of the aforesaid section 115A(2) (b), after consultation 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": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 115A was inserted by the Social Security Administration (Fraud) Act 1997 (c. 47) section 15; section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning assigned to the word “prescribe\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2813/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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