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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/729",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 15th March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 2005\nComing into force 6th April 2005\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 164(9)(a), 171(1), (6) and (7) and 175(1) and (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 and with the concurrence of the Inland Revenue, insofar as such concurrence is required, 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”; section 171(7) was inserted, and section 175(1) was amended, by the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2), Schedule 1, para 15(3) and Schedule 3, para 29(2) respectively."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), section 173(1)(b)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, section 171(7)."
    }
  ],
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  },
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  "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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