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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1335",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 16th May 1996\nLaid before Parliament 22nd May 1996\nComing into force 12th June 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of powers conferred by sections 164(9)(a), 171(1) and (6) and 175(1) to (3) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Section 171(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1335/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."
}