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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-and-statutory-sick-pay-general-amendment-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/989",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) and Statutory Sick Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-and-statutory-sick-pay-general-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 29th March 2005\nLaid before Parliament 31st March 2005\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 113(1)(b), 130(5), 132(4) and 189(1) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, by this instrument, which contains only provisions consequential on the coming into force of section 9 of the National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 and which is made within 6 months of the coming into force of that section, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; sections 130(5) and 132(4) were inserted by section 9(2) and (3) respectively of the National Insurance Contributions and Statutory Payments Act 2004 (c. 3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 3."
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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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