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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-assignment-forfeiture-bankruptcy-etc-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/785",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-assignment-forfeiture-bankruptcy-etc-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 11th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 14th March 1997\nComing into force 6th April 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 91(5), 92(3) and (6), 94(1), 124(1) and 174(2) and (3) of the Pensions Act 1995, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, after consultation with such persons as he considered appropriate, hereby makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1995 c. 26. Section 124(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to “prescribed\" and “regulations\"."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 120(1) of the Pensions Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Instrument applied in part by The Stakeholder Pension Schemes Regulations 2000 (S.I. 2000/1403), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/785/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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