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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-maternity-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-northern-ireland-1987/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1987/171",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Maternity Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987",
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  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Meaning of “employee” — general",
  "text": "No woman who, by virtue of regulation 17 of the General Regulations, would be treated as not being an employee for the purposes of Part VI if her employment were in Northern Ireland, shall be treated as an employee by virtue of these regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1987/171/regulation/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."
}