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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-and-statutory-maternity-pay-decisions-regulations-northern-ireland-1999/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1999/159",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay and Statutory Maternity Pay (Decisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-and-statutory-maternity-pay-decisions-regulations-northern-ireland-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "SOCIAL SECURITY\nMade 26th March 1999\nComing into operation 1st April 1999\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 18(3) of the Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 and Articles 7(1)(f) and 23(5) of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, and with the concurrence of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue in so far as their concurrence is required, by this statutory rule, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential upon, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/671"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 7(1)(f) of the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1999/159/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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