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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-general-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-47",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2002/378",
  "legislation_title": "Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-general-regulations-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "regulation/47",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Service of notices by post",
  "text": "A notice given in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations in writing contained in an envelope which is properly addressed and sent by prepaid post shall be treated as having been given on the day on which it is posted.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 47 in operation at 8.12.2002, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/223",
      "affecting_title": "Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoption from Overseas) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/378/regulation/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:05:45.673204+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}