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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-administration-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/379",
  "legislation_title": "Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-administration-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "EMPLOYMENT\nMade 6th December 2002\nComing into operation 8th December 2002\nThe Department for Employment and Learning, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 8(1), (2), (4) and (5), 9(1) and (2), 11(1) and (2) and 16(1) of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002, and Articles 7(1)(fa) and (ga) and 23 of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, Etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and of every other power enabling it in that behalf, with the concurrence of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue, hereby makes the following Regulations–",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/671; Articles 7(1)(fa) and (ga) were inserted by Article 10(2) of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)) Article 23 was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2))"
    }
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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."
}