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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999/schedule-12/paragraph-40",
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  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999",
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  "path": "schedule/12/paragraph/40",
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  "number": "40",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 178 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph (a)—\n(a) the words “or of” are omitted, and\n(b) at the end there is inserted “ , section 25D of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, section 12A of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 or Part III or IV of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999. ”\n(3) In paragraph (b), after “Part IV,” there is inserted “ Chapter I of Part IVA, ”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 c. 18."
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1985 c. 37."
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    {
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:37.576921+00:00"
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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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