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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-united-kingdom-representatives-pensions-amendment-order-2010/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2010/909",
  "legislation_title": "The European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Amendment) Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/european-parliamentary-united-kingdom-representatives-pensions-amendment-order-2010",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement, interpretation and application",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Amendment) Order 2010.\n(2) This Order comes into force on 1st May 2010 but articles 2 to 5 and 8(3) have effect from 14th July 2009.\n(3) In this Order—\n“participant” has the meaning set out in article 2(1) of the Principal Order; and\n“the Principal Order” means the European Parliamentary (United Kingdom Representatives) Pensions (Consolidation and Amendment) Order 1994.\n(4) The amendments to the Principal Order provided for in articles 5(2), 6, 8(3) and 9 have effect only in relation to a person who is a participant on or after the date this Order comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1994/1662, relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1996/1493, S.I. 2003/1416, S.I. 2005/1924 and S.I. 2006/919."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/909/article/1",
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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."
}