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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/regulation-1",
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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": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and commencement",
  "text": "The Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Maternity Pay (General) and Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) (Amendment) Regulations 2005 and shall come into force on 6th April 2005.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/358/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:09:46.566840+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}