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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/519",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-personal-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 8th March 1993\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 1993\nComing into force 6th April 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975, sections 45(1)(b), 56A(1) and 61B of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and sections 3(5)(a) and (cc), 17(1) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after referring the proposals to make these Regulations (other than those relating to section 3(5)(cc) of the Social Security Act 1986) to the Occupational Pensions Board and considering their Report, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. See the definitions of “prescribe” and “regulations” in Schedule 20 which apply, by virtue of section 66(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) to the exercise of certain powers conferred by that Act. See also the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), Schedule 3, paragraph 10, which provides that the repeal of the Social Security Act 1975 does not affect the operation of section 66(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 60. Section 56A was added by the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53), section 3 and Schedule 2. It has effect, as modified in relation to personal pension schemes by virtue of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Modification of Enactments) Regulations 1987, regulation 3(8) and Schedule 3. Section 61B was inserted by the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992, Schedule 2, paragraph 37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1986 c. 50; section 3(5)(cc) was inserted by the Social Security Act 1993, section 1(2). See the definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” in section 84(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See section 61(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and section 61(5)(a) of the Social Security Act 1986 as substituted by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 12(3). See the Explanatory Note to these Regulations in relation to the proposals relating to section 3(5)(cc) of the Social Security Act 1986."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/519/introduction",
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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."
}