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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1235",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Amendment Regulations 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-amendment-regulations-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 28th March 2001\nLaid before Parliament 3rd April 2001\nComing into force 9th April 2001\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 122(5) and 175(1) to (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and sections 1(1C), 189(1) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 55 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 175 was amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) (“the Transfer of Functions, etc. Act”)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5. Subsection (1C) was inserted by section 19 of the Social Security Act 1998 (c. 47) (“the 1998 Act”). Section 189(1) was amended by section 86(1) and (2) of, paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to, the 1998 Act and section 2 of, and paragraph 57(2) of Schedule 3 to, the Transfer of Functions, etc. Act. Section 191 is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1999 c. 30 (“the 1999 Act”)."
    }
  ],
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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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