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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-allowance-and-statutory-maternity-pay-regulations-1994/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1230",
  "legislation_title": "The Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-allowance-and-statutory-maternity-pay-regulations-1994",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 4th May 1994\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)\nWhereas the Secretary of State is designatedfor the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972in relation to allowances made to women on maternity leave;\nAnd whereas a draft of these Regulations has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament pursuant to section 2(2) of, and paragraph 2(2) of Schedule 2 to, that Act;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 2(2) of that Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1993/2661."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
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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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