{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-regulations-1994/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-regulations-1994/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/704",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities) Regulations 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-pensions-home-responsibilities-regulations-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations consolidate, with amendments, provisions contained in the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1978, (“the 1978 Regulations”) relating to the contribution conditions for entitlement to retirement pension applicable to persons who have home responsibilities. The amendments are contained in:\n—regulation 2(1)(b) and (c) which relax the conditions subject to which a person may qualify for home responsibilities protection;\n—regulation 2(6) which makes new provision for protection to be afforded to certain married women and widows who, prior to 6th April 1975, had elected to pay Class 1 national insurance contributions at the reduced rate.\nRegulations 1(2) and 2 of the 1978 Regulations are revoked, as also are the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities and Graduated Retirement Benefit) Amendment Regulations 1981 and the Social Security Pensions (Home Responsibilities and Miscellaneous Amendments) Amendment Regulations 1988.\nThese Regulations do not impose any costs on business.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/704/note",
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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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