{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-earnings-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-earnings-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/104",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-earnings-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 and shall come into operation on 2nd April 2000.\n(2) In these Regulations—\n...\n“the Contributions and Benefits Act” means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;\n“test period” means the period of 66 weeks specified in section 35(1)(b) of the Contributions and Benefits Act.\n(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 1(2) omitted (6.4.2015) by virtue of The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Earnings) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/211), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 2.4.2000, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 35(1) was substituted by Article 50(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/104/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:16:09.388911+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."
}