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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-payweekly-rates-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/2818",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay and Statutory Adoption Pay(Weekly Rates) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-and-statutory-adoption-payweekly-rates-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 11th November 2002\nComing into force 8th December 2002\nWhereas a draft of the following Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with section 176(1)(a) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 171ZE(1) and 171ZN(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and section 5(1)(l) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992, 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 those enactments, hereby makes the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4; section 176(1)(a) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 171ZE was inserted by section 2 of the Employment Act 2002, and section 171ZN by section 4 of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1992 c. 5; section 5 was amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 2002."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "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/2002/2818/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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