{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-contracting-out-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2002/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-contracting-out-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2002/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/681",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-contracting-out-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 13th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 2002\nComing into force 6th April 2002\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the provisions set out in the Schedule to this Instrument and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with such persons as he considers appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See section 185(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) (as amended by paragraph 46 of Schedule 3, paragraph 80 of Schedule 5 and Part I of Schedule 7, to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)) (“the 1995 Act”), and section 120(1) of the 1995 Act."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/681/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:11:14.870637+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."
}