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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-pensions-social-security-and-child-support-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/2877",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-partnership-pensions-social-security-and-child-support-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CIVIL PARTNERSHIP\nMade 13th October 2005\nLaid before Parliament 20th October 2005\nComing into force 5th December 2005\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 254(3) and (4) , 258 and 259 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 , makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Subsection (3) of section 254 applies in accordance with subsection (2); and subsection (4) applies section 175(3), (5) and (6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4), disregarding the exceptions in subsections (3) and (5), to the exercise of the power under section 259 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "2004 c. 33."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2877/introduction",
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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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