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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-students-and-income-related-benefits-amendment-regulations-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1752",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Students and Income-related Benefits) Amendment Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-students-and-income-related-benefits-amendment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 3rd July 2006\nLaid before Parliament 7th July 2006\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 123(1)(a), (d) and (e), 136(3) and (5)(b), 137(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 12(1) and (4)(b), 35(1) and 36(2) and (4) of the Jobseekers Act 1995.\nIn accordance with section 176(1) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, he has consulted with the organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned in respect of provisions in these Regulations relating to council tax benefit and housing benefit.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 123(1)(e) was substituted by paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 9 to the Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14). Section 137(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the word “prescribed”. Section 175(4) was amended by section 2 of, and paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 18. Section 35(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning there given to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”. Sections 35(1) and 36(4) were amended by section 2 of, and paragraphs 62 and 63 respectively of Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 5 as amended by section 103 of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to, the Local Government Finance Act 1992."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992; paragraph 67 of Schedule 2 to the Jobseekers Act 1995 added that Act to the list of “relevant enactments” in respect of which regulations must normally be referred to the Committee."
    }
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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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