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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/532",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 17th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 17th March 1988\nComing into force 6th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 46(8) and (9) and 84(1) of, and paragraphs 11 and 11A of Schedule 4 to, the Social Security Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made under the provisions of the Social Security Act 1986 specified above and which is made before the end of the period of 12 months from the commencement of those enactments, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 84(1) is an interpretation provision and is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”; section 46(8) is amended by and section 46(9) is inserted by the Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7) Schedule 4, paragraph 16; paragraph 11 of Schedule 4 was amended by the Social Security Act 1988, Schedule 4, paragraph 19(1) and paragraph 11A was inserted in Schedule 4 by the Social Security Act 1988, Schedule 4 paragraph 19(2)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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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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