{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-persons-required-to-provide-information-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/1510",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Persons Required to Provide Information) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-persons-required-to-provide-information-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 20th June 2013\nLaid before Parliament 27th June 2013\nComing into force 1st October 2013\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 109B(2)(ia), 189(1) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.\nIn accordance with section 176(1) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned.\nThis instrument has not been referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee because it contains only regulations made by virtue of section 110 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that section .",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.5. Section 109B is inserted by section 67 of, and paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c.19) and amended by section 1(2) to (4) of the Social Security Fraud Act 2001 (c.11), S.I. 2002/817 and paragraph 64 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33). Subsection (2)(ia) is inserted by section 110 of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5). Section 189(1) and (4) to (6) are amended by paragraph 109(a) and (c) to (e) of Schedule 7, and Schedule 8, to the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14), paragraph 57(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions etc.) Act 1999 (c.2) and Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited for the meaning of the word “prescribe”. The definition of “prescribe” is amended by paragraphs 2 and 10 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2012 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/1510/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:50:27.650446+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."
}