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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-administration-of-civil-service-pension-schemes-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1746",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting Out (Administration of Civil Service Pension Schemes) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-administration-of-civil-service-pension-schemes-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CONTRACTING OUT\nMade 4th July 1996\nComing into force 5th July 1996\nWhereas a draft was laid before Parliament and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Minister for the Civil Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 69(2), (3) and (4) and 79 of the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994, and having consulted the office-holders whose functions may be affected by it, hereby makes the following Order—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1994 c. 40."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The office-holders who are officers of the Crown to whom functions have been delegated under section 1(2) of the Superannuation Act 1972 and who have been consulted are:— the Chief Registrar of Friendly Societies; the Chief Land Registrar: the Public Trustee; the Chief Charity Commissioner; the Deputy Master of the Mint; The Treasury Solicitor; the Director of Savings; the Registrar General for England and Wales; the Director of Public Prosecutions; the Director of the Serious Fraud Office; the Registrar of Companies for England and Wales; the Registrar of Companies for Scotland; the Comptroller General of Patents; the Director General of Electricity Supply; the Director General of Fair Trading; the Director General of the National Lottery; the Director General of Gas Supply; the Director General of Water Services; Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in England; Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Schools in Wales; the Director General of Telecommunications, the Rail Regulator and the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1746/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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