{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-transfer-and-transfer-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2017/111",
  "legislation_title": "The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/contracting-out-transfer-and-transfer-payment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2017",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions\nMade 12th June 2017\nComing into operation 3rd July 2017\nThe Department for Communities makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 8C(1)(a), 16(1)(a)(iii), 177(2) to (4) and 178(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 and now vested in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 49; section 8C was inserted by Article 133(5) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and repealed by paragraph 11 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.)), but saved for certain purposes, see S.R. 2016 No. 106; section 16(1) was amended by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 5 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)) and paragraph 18 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015; section 178(1) was amended by Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2017/111/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."
}