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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-1995/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/74",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 16th January 1995\nLaid before Parliament 20th January 1995\nComing into force 10th February 1995\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 121(1)(a) and 175(1) and (3) 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 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) and (7) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 c. 5; section 173(7) defines “regulations”."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/74/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."
}