{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2821",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-pay-persons-abroad-and-mariners-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 13th November 2002\nLaid before Parliament 15th November 2002\nComing into force 8th December 2002\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by virtue of sections 171ZI, 171ZJ(1), 171ZR and 171ZS(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and with the concurrence of the Treasury, by this instrument, which contains only provision made by virtue of sections 2 and 4 of the Employment Act 2002 and is made before the end of the period of 6 months from the coming into force of those enactments, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations modified (23.5.2003) by The Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/1193), regs. 1, 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations modified (6.4.2010 immediately after the coming into force of S.I. 2010/151) by The Ordinary Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption), Additional Statutory Paternity Pay (Adoption) and Statutory Adoption Pay (Adoptions from Overseas) (Persons Abroad and Mariners) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/150), regs. 1(2), 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Sections 171ZI and 171ZJ were inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) and sections 171ZR and 171ZS by section 4 of that Act. Sections 171ZJ(1) and 171ZS(1) are cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribed”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 22."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/2821/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:40:16.877182+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."
}