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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2015/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-consequential-and-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions\nMade 3rd March 2015\nLaid before Parliament 9th March 2015\nComing into force 6th April 2015\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 12C(1)(c), 71(6), 181(1), 182(2) and (3) and 183(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and sections 67(3)(b), 68(2)(e), 91(5)(c)(iii), 124(1) and 174(2) and (3) of the Pensions Act 1995.\nBy virtue of section 185(2)(d) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 120(2)(b) of the Pensions Act 1995 these Regulations were not subject to consultation, because in this case it appeared to the Secretary of State that by reason of urgency consultation was inexpedient.",
  "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 183(1) was amended by paragraph 79 of Schedule 5, paragraph 15(a) of Schedule 6 and Parts III and IV of Schedule 7 to that Act. Section 181(1) is cited because of the meaning it gives to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c.26. Sections 67 to 67I were substituted by section 262 of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35). Section 91(5) was amended by paragraph 57(4)(a) of Schedule 12 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30); there are other amendments to section 91(5) but none is relevant. Section 124(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 185(2)(d) was inserted by paragraph 80(b) of Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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