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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018/section-42",
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  "legislation": "asp/2018/9",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-scotland-act-2018",
  "path": "section/42",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Late request for re-determination",
  "text": "(1) It is for—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers, or\n(b) on appeal under section 61, the First-tier Tribunal for Scotland,\nto decide whether, for the purpose of section 41(4)(b), an individual has a good reason for not requesting a re-determination sooner.\n(2) Having made a decision under subsection (1), the Scottish Ministers must inform the individual concerned—\n(a) of the decision, and\n(b) if the decision is that the individual has no good reason for not requesting a re-determination sooner, of—\n(i) the reasons for the decision, and\n(ii) the individual's right to appeal under section 61.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 42 in force at 22.10.2018 by S.S.I. 2018/298, reg. 2(1)(g) (with reg. 3) (as amended (10.12.2019) by S.S.I. 2019/406, regs. 1, 2(2))"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "word substituted",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/2",
      "affecting_title": "Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025"
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      "affecting": "asp/2025/2",
      "affecting_title": "Social Security (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2025"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2018/9/section/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:13.200385+00:00"
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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."
}