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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1987/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-northern-ireland-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "STATUTORY MATERNITY PAY\nMade 3rd April 1987\nComing into operation 6th April 1987\nThe Department of Health and Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Article 80(1) of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.l. 1986/1888 (N.l. 18)"
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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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