{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-payments-to-employers-and-partners-regulations-2014/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2410",
  "legislation_title": "The Reserve Forces (Payments to Employers and Partners) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reserve-forces-payments-to-employers-and-partners-regulations-2014",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Defence\nMade 8th September 2014\nLaid before Parliament 10th September 2014\nComing into force 1st October 2014\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 84A of the Reserve Forces Act 1996 (“the Act”).\nIn accordance with section 84A(3) of the Act, the Secretary of State is satisfied that the payments provided for in these Regulations, or such payments taken together with other measures, are likely to encourage persons—\n(a) to employ, or continue to employ, members of the reserve forces; or\n(b) to carry on business, or continue to carry on business, in partnership with members of the reserve forces.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 85(3) of the Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (Isle of Man) (with modifications) (2.10.2018) by The Reserve Forces (Payments to Employers and Partners) (Isle of Man) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/992), reg. 2, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 14; section 84A was inserted by section 46 of the Defence Reform Act 2014 (c. 20)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 85(3) was amended by section 46 of, and paragraph 4(4) of Schedule 7 to, the Defence Reform Act 2014 to apply that subsection to regulations made under section 84A."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2410/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."
}