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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-1993/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-1993/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1242",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 11th May 1993\nLaid before Parliament 17th May 1993\nComing into force 7th June 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 79(2), 122(1) and 175(1), (2), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 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 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. 4. Section 122(1) is cited for the meaning it ascribes to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1242/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."
}