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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1577",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 19th June 1996\nLaid before Parliament 21st June 1996\nComing into force 12th July 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(2A), 12(3) and 181(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and sections 174(3) and (4) and 180(4) of the Pensions Act 1995, by this instrument, which contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential on, provisions of the Pensions Act 1995 and which is made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of those provisions, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 48; section 7(2A) was inserted by section 136(1) of the Pensions Act 1995; section 181(1) is cited for the meaning it gives to “prescribe” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1995 c. 26."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See section 185 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 173(5)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5), the effect of which is that an instrument which states that it contains only regulations made by virtue of, or consequential on, a specified enactment and is made within 6 months of the coming into force of that enactment is not required to be referred to the Occupational Pensions Board."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1577/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."
}