{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-miscellaneous-amendments-northern-ireland-regulations-2003/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/45",
  "legislation_title": "The Tax Credits (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/tax-credits-miscellaneous-amendments-northern-ireland-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendments to the Disability Working Allowance Regulations",
  "text": "(1) Amend regulation 2(1) of the Disability Working Allowance Regulations (interpretation) as follows.\n(2) After the definition of “partner” insert the following definition—\n““paternity leave” means leave under Article 112A of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;”.\n(3) After the definitions of “statutory maternity pay” and “maternity pay period” insert the following definition—\n““statutory paternity pay” means any payment under Part XIIZA of the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I.16). Article 112A was inserted by Article 4 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/2836 (N.I. 2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definitions were inserted by regulation 3(4) of S.I. 2001/893."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Part XIIZA was inserted by Article 5 of the Employment (Northern Ireland) Order 2002."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/45/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:33:54.152987+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."
}