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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/134",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY\nMade 17th March 2005\nComing into operation 6th April 2005\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160(9)(a), 167(6) and 171(1) and (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, in so far as such concurrence is required, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
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  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; section 171(1) was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 167(7) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 as added by paragraph 17(3) of Schedule 1 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/nisr/2005/134/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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