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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-penalties-regulations-2000/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2000/0110859685",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Penalties) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-penalties-regulations-2000",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 186(2) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 175(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament\nPENSIONS\nMade 2000\nComing into force 3rd April 2000\nWhereas a draft of these Regulations was laid before Parliament in accordance with the provisions of section 186(3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 175(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 and approved by resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 6(5), 168(1), (2) and (4), 181(1), 182(3), 183(1) and 185(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and by sections 3(2), 10(3), 41(1), 116(1), 124(1) and 174(3) of the Pensions Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, having consulted with such persons as he considered appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1993 c. 48. Section 168 was substituted by section 155(1) of the Pensions Act 1995. Section 181(1) is cited for the meaning given to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1995 c. 26. Section 124(1) is cited for the meaning given to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 185(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 120(1) of the Pensions Act 1995 for the requirement to consult."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2000/0110859685/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."
}