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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/653",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "National Health Service, England And Wales\nMade 11th March 2008\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 2008\nComing into force 1st April 2008\nThe Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1) and (2) and 12(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972, with the consent of the Treasury. In accordance with section 10(4) of that Act, the Secretary of State has consulted with representatives of persons likely to be affected by these Regulations, as appeared to the Secretary of State to be appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations applied (1.4.2015) by The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/95), regs. 1(b), 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Regulations modified (temp.) (25.3.2022 immediately after the expiry of 2020 c. 7, s. 45) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/273), regs. 1(2), 11 (with reg. 9) (as amended (31.10.2022) by The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Member Contributions etc.) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1028) S.I. 2022/1028, regs. 1(2), 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1972 c.11. Section 10(1) was amended by sections 57 and 58 of, and 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); section 12(2) was amended by section 10(1) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 10(1) of the Superannuation Act 1972 and article 2 of the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 (S.I. 1981/1670)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 10(4) of the Superannuation Act 1972."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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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."
}