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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-payment-schemes-electronic-communications-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3047",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Payment Schemes (Electronic Communications) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-payment-schemes-electronic-communications-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS\nMade 11th December 2002\nLaid before the House of Commons 11th December 2002\nComing into force 1st January 2003\nThe Commissioners of Inland Revenue in exercise of the powers conferred upon them by sections 132 and 133(2) of the Finance Act 1999 hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c. 16. Paragraph 53 of Schedule 7 to the Employment Act 2002 (c. 22) provides that sections 132 and 133 of the Finance Act 1999 shall have effect as if statutory maternity pay, statutory paternity pay and statutory adoption pay were under the care and management of the Board."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3047/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."
}