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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-adoption-and-statutory-adoption-pay-adoptions-from-overseas-no-2-regulation-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/1194",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (No. 2) Regulation 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-adoption-and-statutory-adoption-pay-adoptions-from-overseas-no-2-regulation-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2003/500 and is being issued free of charge to all known receipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nTERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 29th April 2003\nLaid before Parliament 30th April 2003\nComing into force 30th May 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 171ZB(2)(a), 171ZC(3)(a) to (d), (f) and (g), 171ZD(2) and (3), 171ZE(2)(a) and (b)(i), (3)(b), (7) and (8), 171ZG(3), 171ZJ(1), (3), (4), (7) and (8), 171ZL(8)(b) to (d), (f) and (g), 171ZM(2) and (3), 171ZN(2), (5) and (6), 171ZP(6), 171ZS(1), (3), (4), (7) and (8), and 175(4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, section 5(1)(g), (i) and (p) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 and with the concurrence of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in so far as such concurrence is required, by this instrument, which contains only provision made by virtue of sections 2, 4 and 53 of and paragraphs 8 and 11 of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 2002 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months from the coming into force of these enactments, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Sections 171ZA to 171ZK (Part 12ZA) were inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22), and sections 171ZL to 171ZT (Part 12ZB) by section 4 of that Act. Parts 12ZA and 12ZB are, by regulations made under sections 171ZK and 171ZT, namely the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (Application of Parts 12ZA and 12ZB to Adoptions from Overseas) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/499), applied to cases which involve adoption, but not the placement of a child for adoption under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, with the modifications prescribed by those Regulations. The sections cited in the preamble that are so modified are sections 171ZB(2)(a) and 171ZE(3)(b). Sections 171ZJ(1) and 171ZS(1) are cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 5. Section 5(5), concerning the applicability of section 5(1)(g), (i) and (p), was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/1194/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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