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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-maternity-and-parental-leave-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2002/0110429109",
  "legislation_title": "The Maternity and Parental Leave (Amendment) Regulations 2002",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 236(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 2002\nComing into force 24th November 2002\nWhereas a draft of the following Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 236(3) of the Employment Rights Act 1996 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 47C(2), 71(1) to (4), (6) and (7), 73(1), (2), (4) and (7), 74(4), 75(1), 76 and 99(1) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 18; section 236(3) was amended by paragraph 42 of Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations Act 1999 (c. 26)."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 47C of the Employment Rights Act 1996 was inserted by paragraph 8 of Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the Employment Relations Act 1999; sections 71 to 75 of the 1996 Act were substituted by Part 1 of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act, and section 99 of the 1996 Act was substituted by paragraph 16 of Part 3 of Schedule 4 to the 1999 Act. Sections 71(4) and (7) and 73 of the 1996 Act were amended by section 17 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22). The word “prescribed” in section 47C of the 1996 Act is defined in subsection (2) of that section; the same word in sections 71 and 73 of that Act is defined in section 75(2), and in section 99 it is defined in subsection (2) of that section."
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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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