{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1780",
  "legislation_title": "The Universal Credit (Transitional Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/universal-credit-transitional-provisions-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 12th October 2015\nLaid before Parliament 19th October 2015\nComing into force 16th November 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 42(2) of and paragraph 1(1) of Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform Act 2012.\nIn accordance with section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”), the Secretary of State has obtained the agreement of the Social Security Advisory Committee that the proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.\nIn accordance with section 176(1) of the 1992 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with organisations appearing to him to be representative of the authorities concerned in respect of proposals for these Regulations, in so far as they relate to housing benefit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "There are amendments to section 176(1) which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1780/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."
}