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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2002/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2866",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Act 2002 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-act-2002-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2002",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
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  "text": "Part 12ZA of the 1992 Act, inserted by section 2 of the Act (statutory paternity pay), shall have effect only in relation to a person who satisfies the prescribed conditions of entitlement in respect of a child—\n(a) born on or after 6th April 2003, or whose expected week of birth begins on or after that date; or\n(b) matched for the purposes of adoption with a person who is notified of having been matched on or after 6th April 2003, or placed for adoption on or after that date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2866/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:39:49.923250+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}