{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1989-commencement-no-5-order-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1661",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Act 1989 (Commencement No. 5) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1989-commencement-no-5-order-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the coming into force of certain provisions of Schedule 5 to the Social Security Act 1989, and section 23 of the Act in so far as it relates to them, on 23rd June 1994. These are—\nSchedule 5, paragraph 5 (except 5(2)(b) and (c)) relating to unfair maternity provisions;\nSchedule 5, paragraph 6 (except 6(3)(b) and (c)) relating to unfair family leave provisions.\nIt also provides for the coming into force on that date of paragraphs 1, 2 (in part), 3 (in part), 7 (in part), 9 and 10 of Schedule 5 but for the purposes only of giving effect to paragraphs 5 and 6.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1661/note",
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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."
}