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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-19-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-and-commencement-no-9-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-amendment-order-2014/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-19-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-and-commencement-no-9-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-amendment-order-2014/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2321",
  "legislation_title": "The Welfare Reform Act 2012 (Commencement No. 19 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Commencement No. 9 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions (Amendment)) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-act-2012-commencement-no-19-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-and-commencement-no-9-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-amendment-order-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 1st September 2014\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 150(3) and (4)(a), (b)(i) and (c) of the Welfare Reform Act 2012:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Order 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": "Order 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": "C3",
      "text": "Order modified (2.3.2015 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(2), 6(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Order 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": "Order 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": "Order 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2012 c.5."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2321/introduction",
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  },
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  "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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