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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/327",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made partly to correct errors in S.I. 2015/95 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.\nPublic Service Pensions, England And Wales\nNational Health Service, England And Wales\nMade 17th March 2022\nLaid before Parliament 18th March 2022\nComing into force 1st April 2022\nThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(e), 2(1) and 3(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (“the 2013 Act”).\nIn accordance with section 3(5) of the 2013 Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.\nIn accordance with section 21(1) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2013 c. 25. Section 3(1) and (2) were amended by section 94(2) and (3) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7) (“the 2022 Act”). For the meaning of “health service workers” in paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 to the 2013 Act, see paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to that Act. For the meaning of “responsible authority” in section 3(1) of the 2013 Act, see section 2(2) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 21 has been amended by section 94(8) of the 2022 Act. The Secretary of State has published a statement pursuant to section 21(2) of the 2013 Act indicating the persons the Secretary of State would normally expect to consult under section 21(1) of that Act. An up-to-date version of that list may be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-pension-scheme-consultee-list or by writing to the Department of Health and Social Care, Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UE."
    }
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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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