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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-compensation-of-employers-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/668",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-compensation-of-employers-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 7th March 1996\nLaid before Parliament 14th March 1996\nComing into force 6th April 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 167(1)(c), 171(1) and 175(1) to (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 167(1)(c) was amended by the Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations 1994 (S.I. 1994/1230). Section 171(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/668/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."
}