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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-retirement-pensions-and-other-benefits-transitional-regulations-1979/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1979/643",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Widow's Benefit, Retirement Pensions and Other Benefits) (Transitional) Regulations 1979",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-retirement-pensions-and-other-benefits-transitional-regulations-1979",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 11th June 1979\nLaid before Parliament 19th June 1979\nComing into Operation 10th July 1979\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 2 of, and paragraphs 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9 of Shedule 3 to, the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1975 and section 63 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations which only consolidate other regulations herein revoked and which, accordingly, by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 15 to the Social Security Act 1975, are not subject to the requirement of section 139(1) of that Act for prior reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/643/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."
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