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  "legislation": "nisr/2015/420",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-transitional-and-consequential-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Service Pensions\nMade 17th December 2015\nComing into operation 18th January 2016\nThe Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1), (2)(f), (3) and (4), 2, 3(1), (2) and (3)(a) to (c), 8(1)(a), (2)(a) and (4), 18(1), (2), (4) and (5) to (9), paragraph 6 of Schedules 1 and 2, Schedule 3 and paragraphs 1(2)(ii), 2(2)(ii) and 5(1) of Schedule 7 to the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014.\nIn accordance with section 21 of that Act, the Department has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to it likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, the Department of Finance and Personnel has consented to the making of these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2014 c.2 (NI)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/420/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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