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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2205",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-recovery-of-benefits-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 10th September 1997\nLaid before Parliament 15th September 1997\nComing into force 6th October 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 189(4), (5) and (6) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and sections 4(9), 14(2), (3) and (4), 16(1) and (2), 18, 19, 21(3), 23(1), (2), (5) and (7), 29 and 32 of, and paragraphs 4 and 8 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997, and of all other powers enabling her in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c.5; section 189(4), (5) and (6) is applied by section 30(4) of the Social Security (Recovery of Benefits) Act 1997."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1997 c.27. Section 29 is cited for the definitions of “prescribed\" and “regulations\"."
    }
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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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