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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-statutory-maternity-pay-and-statutory-sick-pay-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/777",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Contributions, Statutory Maternity Pay and Statutory Sick Pay (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-statutory-maternity-pay-and-statutory-sick-pay-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 12th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 1996\nComing into force 6th April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, with the concurrence of the Inland Revenue in so far as their concurrence is required, in exercise of powers conferred upon him by sections 153(5)(b), 156(1), 162, 163(1), 170 and 171(1) of, and paragraph 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 130(1), (2) and (4)(a) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf and after reference to the Social Security Advisory Committee, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; sections 163(1) and 171(1) which are interpretation provisions are cited because of the meaning assigned to the words “employee” and “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 130(1) was amended by Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18), section 11(1) and Schedule 1, paragraph 49."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 172(1)."
    }
  ],
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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."
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