{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-4",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2014/140",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Maternity Allowance) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-maternity-allowance-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Employment and Support Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Employment and Support Allowance Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) omit the definition of “the maternity allowance period”.\n(3) In regulation 20(1)(e) (certain claimants to be treated as having limited capability for work)—\n(a) in head (i) omit “section 35(2) of”; and\n(b) in head (ii) after “section 35(1)” insert “or 35B(1)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2008 No. 280; relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2011 No. 357 and S.R. 2013 Nos. 2 and 246"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation 20(1) was amended by regulation 21(4) of S.R. 2011 No. 357, regulation 3(3) of S.R. 2013 No. 2 and regulation 11(7) of S.R. 2013 No. 246"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/140/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:06:53.433025+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."
}