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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1989-commencement-no-6-order-2007/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2007/2445",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Act 1989 (Commencement No. 6) Order 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1989-commencement-no-6-order-2007",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Appointed day",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of—\n(a) section 23 of the Act (equal treatment for men and women) in so far as it relates to the provisions specified in this Order; and\n(b) paragraph 3 of Schedule 5 to the Act (non-compliance: compulsory levelling up) (except sub-paragraph (2)) for the purposes of—\n(i) paragraph 5A of that Schedule (unfair paternity leave provisions); and\n(ii) paragraph 5B of that Schedule (unfair adoption leave provisions),\nis 24th August 2007.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Paragraphs 5A and 5B were inserted by section 265(1) of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35).."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/2445/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:45:06.015571+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."
}