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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/members-contributory-pension-fund-increase-of-benefits-order-1971/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1971/623",
  "legislation_title": "The Members' Contributory Pension Fund (Increase of Benefits) Order 1971",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/members-contributory-pension-fund-increase-of-benefits-order-1971",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 30th March 1971\nLaid before the House of Commons 30th March 1971\nComing into Operation 9th April 1971\nWhereas it appears from the Report dated 3rd July 1970 made by the Government Actuary under Schedule 2 to the Ministerial Salaries and Members' Pensions Act 1965 that there is a surplus in the operation of the contributory pension scheme established by Part II of that Act:\nNow, therefore, the Minister for the Civil Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 15 of the Ministerial Salaries and Members' Pensions Act 1965 and article 2(1)(c) of the Minister for the Civil Service Order 1968, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "(1968 III, p. 4485)."
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1971/623/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."
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