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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2642",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 27th December 1990\nLaid before Parliament 8th January 1991\nComing into force 29th January 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 33 and 166(2) and (3) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals to make these Regulations shall not be referred to it hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. Schedule 20 is cited for the meaning it ascribes to “Regulations”. Section 33 has been amended as follows: paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of sub-section (1) were repealed by section 42 of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50); sub-section (3) was amended by paragraph 46 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) and paragraph 3 of Schedule 6 to the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27); and sub-section (4) was amended by section 19(5) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and section 18(1) of the Social Security Act 1986. Section 166(3) was amended by paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 61(1)(b) and (10) of the Social Security Act 1986. The definition of “regulations” was added to section 61(10) of that Act by paragraphs 12(4) of Schedule 8 to the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/2642/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."
}