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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-etc-equalisation-of-state-pension-age-amendment-regulations-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/563",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Work-focused Interviews etc.) (Equalisation of State Pension Age) Amendment Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-work-focused-interviews-etc-equalisation-of-state-pension-age-amendment-regulations-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 3rd March 2010\nLaid before Parliament 8th March 2010\nComing into force 6th April 2010\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers contained in sections 2A(1), (5)(b), (6)(a), 2AA(1), 189(1), (4) and (5) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and sections 10(3) and 79(1), (4) and (6) of the Social Security Act 1998.\nThis instrument contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 35 of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.5. Section 2A was inserted by section 57 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30). Section 2AA was inserted by section 49 of the Employment Act 2002 (c.22). Sections 2A(1) and 2AA(1) were amended by section 35(2), (3) and (4) of the Welfare Reform Act 2009 (c.24). Section 189(1) was amended by section 86 of, and paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Act 1998 (c.14), by paragraph 57 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c.2) and by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c.21). Section 189(4) and (5) was amended by section 86 of, and paragraph 109 of Schedule 7 to, the Social Security Act 1998. Section 191 is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”, and that definition of “prescribe” was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 5 to the Welfare Reform Act 2007 (c.5)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c.14. Section 79(1) was amended by paragraph 13(1) and (2) of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 and by paragraph 168(a) of Schedule 3 to S.I. 2008/2833."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2009 c.24."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/563/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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