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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-act-1991-commencement-order-1991/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/260",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay Act 1991 (Commencement) Order 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-act-1991-commencement-order-1991",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nSection 3(1) and (3) to (6) and section 4 of the Statutory Sick Pay Act 1991 came into force on Royal Assent. This Order provides for the coming into force—\non 14th February 1991 of provisions in section 2 of that Act (small employers relief) for the purpose of authorising the making of regulations expressed to come into force on 6th April 1991;\non 6th April 1991 for all the remaining provisions of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/260/note",
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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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