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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-13-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-order-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2657",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 13 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-13-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-order-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 14th October 2013\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 150(3) and (4)(a), (b)(i) and (c) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012 , makes the following Order:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "2012 c.5."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument modified (24.11.2014) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3067), art. 7(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Instrument modified (26.1.2015 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/32), arts. 3(1), 6(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Instrument modified (26.1.2015 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/32), arts. 3(1), 6(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Instrument amended (10.3.2015) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 23 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/634), art. 8(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Instrument modified (6.4.2015 for specified purposes) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 9, 11, 13, 14, 16, 17 and 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/32), arts. 3(3), 6(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Instrument amended (20.7.2015) by The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 24 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1537), art. 5(1)(2)(b)"
    }
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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