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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-appropriate-pension-fund-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Appropriate Pension Fund) Regulations 1996",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 31st January 1996\nLaid before Parliament 7th February 1996\nComing into force\nfor the purposes of regulation 2 1st April 1996\nfor the purposes of regulation 3 1st April 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 7 of the Superannuation Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, 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": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 11."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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