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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hybrid-schemes-quality-requirements-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/315",
  "legislation_title": "The Hybrid Schemes Quality Requirements (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/hybrid-schemes-quality-requirements-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nThese Rules amend the Hybrid Schemes Quality Requirements Rules (Northern Ireland) 2012, in consequence of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.)), to reflect the introduction of the alternative tests of scheme quality for defined benefit and hybrid schemes and the abolition of contracting-out for salary related pension schemes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/315/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:55:12.493631+00:00"
  },
  "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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