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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-stakeholder-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2013/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/459",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational and Stakeholder Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-and-stakeholder-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2013",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions\nMade 28th February 2013\nLaid before Parliament 5th March 2013\nComing into force 6th April 2013\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12C(1), 20(1) and (2), 37(1) and (2), 73(2)(b) and (4)(b), 93(1)(a), 181(1), 182(2) and (3), 183(1) and 185 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, sections 68(2)(e), 120(1), 124(1) and 174(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 and sections 1(1)(b) and (5), 2(2), 3(1) and (5), 8(1), 40(1) and 83(4), (6)(a) and (11) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.\nSecretary of State has consulted with such persons as he considers appropriate in accordance with section 185(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, section 120(1) of the Pensions Act 1995 and section 83(11) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 48. Section 12C was inserted by section 136(5) of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26). Section 20(1) was amended by section 56 of, and paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 5 to, the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19). Section 37 was substituted by section 151 of, and paragraph 39 of Schedule 5, to the Pensions Act 1995, and amended by S.I. 2005/2050, article 2(1) and paragraph 12 of Schedule 1, and by S.I. 2011/1730, article 5(1) and (5)(b). Section 93(1)(a) was substituted by section 152(2) of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26). Section 181(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed” and “regulations”. Section 183(1) was amended by paragraph 79 of Schedule 5, paragraph 15(a) of Schedule 6 and Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 26. Section 124(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1999 c. 30. Section 1(5) was amended by section 285(3) of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), section 2(2) was amended by paragraph 38 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), section 3 was amended by section 87 of the Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), section 8(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed” and section 40(1) was amended by section 280(1) and (2) of the Pensions Act 2004 and section 19(9) and (10) of the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 185(1) was amended by paragraph 46 of Schedule 3, paragraph 80(a), (d) and (f) of Schedule 5 and Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/459/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."
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