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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-unemployment-sickness-and-invalidity-benefit-and-credits-amendment-regulations-1981/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1501",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit and Credits) Amendment Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-unemployment-sickness-and-invalidity-benefit-and-credits-amendment-regulations-1981",
  "path": "note",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These regulations amend the Social Security (Unemployment, Sickness and Invalidity Benefit) Regulations 1975 (“the Benefit Regulations”) and the Social Security (Credits) Regulations 1975 (“the Credits Regulations”). Regulation 1 relates to the citation, commencement and interpretation of these Regulations. Regulation 2, which amends regulation 10 of the Benefit Regulations, provides for treating a period when a person over 60 is receiving a supplementary allowance at the long-term rate without being required to register for employment as part of a “period of interruption of employment” for the purposes of these regulations. Regulation 3 amends regulation 9 of the Credits Regulations to enable such a person to be credited with contributions under the Social Security Act 1975.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1501/note",
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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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