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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-compensation-of-employers-amendment-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/225",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) Amendment Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-compensation-of-employers-amendment-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 5th February 2002\nLaid before Parliament 8th February 2002\nComing into force 6th April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 167(1)(c) and (1B)(a), 171(1) and 175(1) to (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 163(1)(c), (1B)(a) and (5) and 171(1), (3) and (10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) 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 and section 167(1B) was inserted by regulation 5 of 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”. Section 175(1A) was inserted by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 163(1)(c) was amended and section 163(1B) was inserted by regulation 5 of the Maternity Allowance and Statutory Maternity Pay Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 (S.R. 1994 No. 176). Section 163(5) was added by paragraph 15(4) of Schedule 1, and section 171(10) was inserted by paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 3, to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/225/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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