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  "long_title": "These Regulations make provision in relation to orders made for ancillary relief in proceedings for divorce, judicial separation or nullity of marriage, so far as those orders relate to the pension rights of a party to the marriage. In particular, they provide for:the valuation of pension rights by the court;notices of change of circumstances to be provided by the pension scheme to the party without pension rights, or by that party to the scheme;information concerning the value of pension rights to be provided by the pension scheme to its member; andthe recovery by the pension scheme of the costs of complying with these Regulations.",
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