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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/296",
  "legislation_title": "The Divorce etc. (Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY LAW\nPENSIONS\nMade 18th July 1996\nTo be laid before Parliament\nComing into operation 10th August 1996\nThe Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Article 27D(2) and (4) of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I. 15); Articles 27B, 27C and 27D were inserted by Article 162(1) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)). Article 27D(4) is recited because of the meaning assigned to the words “prescribed” and “regulations”"
    }
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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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