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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-compensation-of-employers-amendment-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/698",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (Compensation of Employers) Amendment Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-compensation-of-employers-amendment-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 10th March 2004\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 2004\nComing into force 6th April 2004\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 167(4)(a), 171(1) and 175(1) to (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, sections 163(4)(a), 167(1) and 171(3) and (10) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 167 was substituted by section 21(1) of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22). Section 171(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Sections 175(1) and (1A) were amended by paragraph 29 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2) and section 175(1A) was further amended by Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 163 was substituted by section 21(2) of the Employment Act 2002. Section 167(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”. Section 171(10) was substituted by paragraph 28(3) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, section 167(7) and the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, section 163(8)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/698/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."
}