{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suspension-from-work-on-maternity-grounds-order-1994/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suspension-from-work-on-maternity-grounds-order-1994/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2930",
  "legislation_title": "The Suspension from Work (on Maternity Grounds) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/suspension-from-work-on-maternity-grounds-order-1994",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Suspension from Work (on Maternity Grounds) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st December 1994.\n(2) In this Order —\n(a) “the 1978 Act” means the Employment Protection (Consolidation) Act 1978; and\n(b) “the 1999 Regulations\" means the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 1(2)(b) substituted (29.12.1999) by The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (S.I. 1999/3242), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 (with regs. 2(1), 30)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 1.12.1994, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2930/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:23:05.520852+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."
}