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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-earnings-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/659",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-earnings-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 10th March 2003\nLaid before Parliament 14th March 2003\nComing into force 6th April 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 35A(4) and (6), 122(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of the Employment Act 2002 and contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, that Act, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 35A was inserted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), section 53(3); subsection (6) was amended by the Employment Act 2002, Schedule 7, paragraph 5; section 122(1) is cited for the meaning it ascribes to the word “prescribe”; section 175 (1) and (4) was amended by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 3, paragraph 29."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 22."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/659/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."
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