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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-contributions-regulations-1998/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-contributions-regulations-1998/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/1219",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Contributions) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-contributions-regulations-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 13th May 1998\nLaid before Parliament 14th May 1998\nComing into force 1st August 1998\nThe Lord Chancellor, and in relation to judicial offices whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on them by section 9 of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 and with the concurrence of the Treasury, hereby make the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 8; by virtue of section 9(5) the power to make these Regulations is vested in “the appropriate Minister” which expression is defined in section 30(1) as (a) in relation to any judicial office whose jurisdiction is exercised exclusively in relation to Scotland, the Secretary of State of (b) subject to (a), the Lord Chancellor."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/1219/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."
}