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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2024/281",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "This Statutory Instrument has been made in part in consequence of defects in S.I. 2015/94 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 29th February 2024\nLaid before Parliament 4th March 2024\nComing into force 1st April 2024\nThe Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 10(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972 (“the 1972 Act”) and 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 22(2)(a) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons or the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by regulation 20, regulation 21 and regulation 1 insofar as it relates to regulations 20 and 21, with a view to reaching agreement with them.\nIn accordance with section 22(2)(b) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament in relation to those regulations.\nIn accordance with section 10(4) of the 1972 Act and section 21(1) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons or the representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 10(1) of the 1972 Act and section 3(5) of the 2013 Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "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) (“the 1990 Act”). Section 10(2A) was inserted by section 8(5) of the 1990 Act. Section 12(2) was amended by section 10(1) of the 1990 Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "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)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The functions of the Minister for the Civil Service under section 10 of the 1972 Act were transferred to the Treasury by article 2 of S.I. 1981/1670."
    }
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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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