{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2020/611",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument corrects an error in the Universal Credit (Benefit Cap Earnings Exception) Amendment Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/138) and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nSocial Security\nMade 18th June 2020\nLaid before Parliament 22nd June 2020\nComing into force 13th July 2020\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 5(1A), 189(4) and (6) and 191 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and sections 96(4)(c) and (10) and 97(1) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 the Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 (c.5). Section 5(1A) was inserted by the Welfare Reform Act 2012 (c.5). Section 191 is cited for the meaning of “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2012 (c.5). Section 96(10) is cited for the meaning of “regulations”. Relevant amendments were made by section 9 of the Welfare Reform and Work Act 2016 (c.7)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/611/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."
}