{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1988/536",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Food Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-food-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FOOD\nMade 18th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 18th March 1988\nComing into force 11th April 1988\nIn exercise of powers conferred by sections 13(3), (4), (5) and (8) and 17(4) of the Social Security Act 1988 and section 54 of the Social Security Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling me in that behalf, I hereby make the following Regulations:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 7."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 50. See regulation 18 of, and Schedule 6 to, these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/536/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."
}