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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guaranteed-minimum-pensions-increase-order-northern-ireland-2021/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2021/48",
  "legislation_title": "The Guaranteed Minimum Pensions Increase Order (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guaranteed-minimum-pensions-increase-order-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions\nMade 4th March 2021\nComing into operation 6th April 2021\nThis Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 105 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 and now vested in the Department for Communities.\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order under section 109(4) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993.\nAccordingly the Department for Communities makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 49; section 105(1) was amended by Article 55 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and paragraph 22 of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2005 No. 433"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2021/163"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1993 c. 48"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2021/48/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."
}