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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-retirement-pensions-and-other-benefits-transitional-amendment-regulations-1981/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1981/1627",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Widow's Benefit, Retirement Pensions and Other Benefits) (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-retirement-pensions-and-other-benefits-transitional-amendment-regulations-1981",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 12th November 1981\nLaid before Parliament 20th November 1981\nComing into Operation 14th December 1981\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 63 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and 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": "See section 10(2)(b) of the Social Security Act 1980 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1981/1627/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."
}