{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-small-employers-relief-regulations-1991/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-small-employers-relief-regulations-1991/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1991/428",
  "legislation_title": "The Statutory Sick Pay (Small Employers' Relief) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/statutory-sick-pay-small-employers-relief-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT\nMade 4th March 1991\nComing into force 6th April 1991\nWhereas a draft of this instrument was laid before Parliament in accordance with the provisions of section 9(1F) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 and approved by a resolution of each House;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 9(1B) and (1D), 26(1) and (5) and 47 of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 and section 2(4) of the Statutory Sick Pay Act 1991, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made consequential upon section 2 of the Act of 1991, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1982 c. 24; subsection (1F) was inserted by the Statutory Sick Pay Act 1991 (c. 3), section 2(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Subsections (1B) and (1D) were inserted by the Statutory Sick Pay Act 1991, section 2(1); section 26(1) is cited for the meaning it ascribes to the word “prescribed” and section 47 for the meaning it ascribes to the word “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1991 c. 3."
    }
  ],
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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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