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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006/schedule-4/paragraph-12",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/16",
  "legislation_title": "Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/natural-environment-and-rural-communities-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The joint committee may—\n(a) pay such pensions, gratuities or allowances to or in respect of any employee or former employee,\n(b) pay such sums towards provision for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities, or\n(c) provide and maintain such schemes (whether contributory or not) for the payment of such pensions, allowances or gratuities,\nas it may, with the approval of the Secretary of State, determine.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 12 in force at 1.10.2006 by S.I. 2006/2541, art. 2 (with Sch.)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:14:48.014805+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}