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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-pensions-and-benefit-payments-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110730216",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-pensions-and-benefit-payments-consequential-etc-provisions-order-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This draft S.I. supersedes the draft Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments)(Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 laid on 15th June 2005 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that earlier draft. Draft Order laid before Parliament under section 259(8)(a) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nCIVIL PARTNERSHIP\nMade 2005\nComing into force in accordance with Article 1(2)\nWhereas a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 254(4) and 259 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004, the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2004 c. 33. Section 254(4) of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 applies section 175(3), (5) and (6) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) to the exercise of powers under section 259 of the 2004 Act."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110730216/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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