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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1656",
  "legislation_title": "The Equal Pay Act 1970 (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEX DISCRIMINATION\nMade 26th June 2003\nLaid before Parliament 27th June 2003\nComing into force 19th July 2003\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to discrimination, in the exercise of the powers conferred by that section, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1819)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1656/introduction",
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  },
  "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."
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