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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-guaranteed-minimum-pension-order-northern-ireland-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/389",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions (Guaranteed Minimum Pension) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-guaranteed-minimum-pension-order-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order modifies the scheme constituted under Part I of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 in respect of holders of the judicial offices listed in the Schedule, in order to enable it to meet the contracting-out requirements laid down by the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993.It confers on an office-holder and his surviving spouse the right to receive a pension being not less than the guaranteed minimum pension calculated in accordance with the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993. It provides for the payment of contributions in respect of a surviving spouse'spension that may become payable by virtue of the Order where the office-holder marries after retirement.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1995/389/note",
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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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