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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-modification-and-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2000/324",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (General) (Modification and Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-general-modification-and-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nSTATUTORY MATERNITY PAY\nMade 26th October 2000\nComing into operation 17th November 2000\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 160(4), (9)(e) and (10), 161(1) and (3) and 171(1) to (4) 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": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 7; sections 160(10) and 161(3) were amended by regulation 6(1) and 3(2) respectively of S.R. 1994 No. 176 and section 171(2) was amended by paragraph 28(2) of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/324/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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