{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-regulations-1975/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1975/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Benefit) (Members of the Forces) Regulations 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-members-of-the-forces-regulations-1975",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "These Regulations modify the provisions relating to benefit of the Social Security Act 1975 and the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 in their application to persons who are, or are treated as being, serving members of Her Majesty's forces, and provide that such persons are not entitled to, or are disqualified for receiving, certain benefits in specified circumstances. They provide for certain women who are serving members of the forces not to be disentitled to maternity benefit through being outside Great Britain or Northern Ireland, as the case may be. They also provide for contributions paid under the Social Security Act 1975 in certain cases to have effect for the purposes of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Act 1975 as if paid under the latter Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/493/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:12:52.189995+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."
}