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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999/schedule-8/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/30",
  "legislation_title": "Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/welfare-reform-and-pensions-act-1999",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 21 (contribution conditions) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), after “30A below” insert “ , maternity allowance under section 35 below ”.\n(3) In subsection (2), omit the entry relating to maternity allowance.\n(4) In subsection (4), omit “, other than maternity allowance,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 Pt. VI wholly in force at 2.4.2000; Sch. 8 Pt. VI not in force at Royal Assent see s. 89(1); Sch. 8 Pt. VI in force for certain purposes at 12.1.2000 and for all other purposes at 2.4.2000 by S.I. 1999/3309, art. 2(1)(b)"
    }
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2012/5",
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      "type": "repealed",
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      "affecting_title": "Welfare Reform Act 2009"
    },
    {
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    {
      "type": "repealed",
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    {
      "type": "repealed",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/30/schedule/8/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:37.576921+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."
}