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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/293",
  "legislation_title": "The Divorce etc. (Pensions) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/divorce-etc-pensions-scotland-amendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FAMILY LAW\nMade 28th August 2008\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd September 2008\nComing into force 1st October 2008\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(8) and (8A) of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 and all other powers enabling them to do so.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 37. Section 10(8) was inserted by the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), section 167(2)(b), and substituted by the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), Schedule 12 paragraph 8(3); Schedule 12 paragraph 8(4) inserted section 10(8A). The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46) as read with section 91(4) of the 1999 Act which deemed paragraph 8(3) and (4) of Schedule 12 to the 1999 Act to be a pre-commencement enactment."
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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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