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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2283",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 2nd September 2004\nLaid before Parliament 6th September 2004\nComing into force 27th September 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 5(1)(b), 189(1) and (4) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and sections 9(4), 79(1) and (4) and 84 of the Social Security Act 1998 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals in respect of 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": "1992 c. 5; section 191 is cited because of the meaning it gives to “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c. 14; section 84 is cited because of the meaning it gives to “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See sections 170 and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2283/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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