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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/62",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY\nMade 4th March 2005\nComing into operation 6th April 2005\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160(9)(c) and 171(1) 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, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "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"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/62/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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