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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-and-the-statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-general-amendment-regulations-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/358",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) and the Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-and-the-statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-general-amendment-regulations-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERM AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 16th February 2005\nLaid before Parliament 23rd February 2005\nComing into force 6th April 2005\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 164(9)(c), 171(1), 171ZC(3)(d), 171ZJ(1), 171ZL(8)(d), 171ZS(1) and 175(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, and 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; sections 171ZC and 171ZJ were inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) and sections 171ZL and 171ZS were inserted by section 4 of that Act; sections 171(1), 171ZJ(1) and 171ZS(1) are cited for the definition of “prescribed”. Section 175(1) was amended by section 2 and paragraph 29(1) and (2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 (c. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/358/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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