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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/372",
  "legislation_title": "The Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/maternity-and-parental-leave-etc-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1999 No. 471 as amended by the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 110), the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 135) and the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. (Amendment No. 3) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 355)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/372/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:45:13.822741+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."
}