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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-allowance-curtailment-regulations-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/3053",
  "legislation_title": "The Maternity Allowance (Curtailment) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-allowance-curtailment-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 19th November 2014\nLaid before Parliament 20th November 2014\nComing into force 1st December 2014\nThis instrument contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, section 120(1) and (2) of the Children and Families Act 2014 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of that enactment.\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35(3A), (3B), (3C) and (3D) and 175(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 c. 6."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). Pursuant to sections 170 and 172 of that Act, where the Secretary of State proposes to make regulations under the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (“the 1992 Act”), the Secretary of State is usually required to refer such proposals, normally in the form of draft regulations, to the Social Security Advisory Committee. This requirement does not apply where the regulations are contained in a statutory instrument made before the end of a period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the enactment by virtue or as a consequence of which the regulations are being made."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 35(3A) to (3D) was inserted by the Children and Families Act 2014, section 120(1) and (2) (“the 2014 Act”). See section 122 of the 1992 Act for the definition of “prescribe”."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/3053/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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