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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-state-pension-amendment-regulations-2016/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2016/9780111142714",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-state-pension-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Draft Regulations laid before Parliament under section 54(2)(a) of the Pensions Act 2014, for approval by resolution of each House of Parliament.\nSocial Security\nMade 2016\nComing into force 6th April 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 3(1) of the Pensions Act 2014.\nThese Regulations have not been referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee because they are made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the provision of the Pensions Act 2014 under which they are made.\nA draft of these Regulations has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 54(2)(a) of the Pensions Act 2014 and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 c.19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2016/9780111142714/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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