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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2322",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 8th September 2003\nLaid before Parliament 9th September 2003\nComing into force 1st October 2003\nThe Secretary of State for Health, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1) and (2) and 12(1) and (2) of, and paragraphs 4, 8 and 13 of Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consulting such representatives of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations as appear to him to be appropriate and with the consent of the Treasury, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c. 11. Section 10(1) was amended by Schedule 5 to the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32) and section 4(2) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7). These powers are extended by section 42 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 10(4) of the Superannuation Act 1972."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 10(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972 and article 2 of the Transfer of Functions (Minister for Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2322/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."
}