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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-statutory-adoption-pay-and-statutory-shared-parental-pay-amendment-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/2065",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Paternity Pay, Statutory Adoption Pay and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Amendment) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-paternity-pay-statutory-adoption-pay-and-statutory-shared-parental-pay-amendment-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Terms And Conditions Of Employment\nMade 17th December 2015\nLaid before Parliament 22nd December 2015\nComing into force 1st February 2016\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 171ZJ(1) and (5), 171ZS(1) and (5) and 171ZZ4(1) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992. The Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations need not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 171ZJ was inserted by the Employment Act 2002 (c.22), section 2, and subsection (5) was amended by the Children and Families Act 2014 (c.6), section 126(1) and Schedule 7, paragraph 21(2); section 171ZS was inserted by the Employment Act 2002, section 4; section 171ZZ4 was inserted by the Children and Families Act 2014, section 119(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See sections 172(1) and 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)."
    }
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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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