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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-modification-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-modification-regulations-northern-ireland-2021/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2021/347",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-medical-evidence-modification-regulations-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) (Modification) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2021 and come into operation on 17th December 2021.\n(2) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.\n(3) In these Regulations—\n“the 1985 Regulations” means the Statutory Sick Pay (Medical Evidence) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1985;\n“spell of incapacity” has the meaning given in by regulation 2(2) of the 1985 Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1954 c. 33 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1985 No. 321, relevant amending Regulations are S.R. 2010 No.55"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/347/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:36:24.621496+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}