{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-discretionary-payments-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1680",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-discretionary-payments-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 24th June 1996\nLaid before Parliament 4th July 1996\nComing into force 25th July 1996\nThe Secretary of State for the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 7, 12 and 24 of the Superannuation Act 1972, after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appeared to him to be concerned, the local authorities with whom consultation appeared to him to be desirable and such representatives of other persons likely to be affected by the Regulations as appeared to him to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 11. Section 12 was amended by the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7), s.10. Section 24 was amended by the Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35) s.13(1), Sch. 2 paragraph 10."
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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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