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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2352",
  "legislation_title": "The Equal Pay Act 1970 (Amendment) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/equal-pay-act-1970-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SEX DISCRIMINATION\nMade 7th September 2004\nLaid before Parliament 9th September 2004\nComing into force 1st October 2004\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 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/2004/2352/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."
}