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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-1996/regulation-36",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-1996/regulation-36.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1172",
  "legislation_title": "Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/36",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "36",
  "heading": "Verification of age.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of determining the appropriate age-related percentage in respect of an earner for the purposes of section 42A of the 1993 Act , the Secretary of State may require that earner to send documentary evidence of his date of birth.\n(2) For the purposes of section 45B of the 1993 Act (information held as to the age to be disclosed by the Secretary of State to trustees or managers of a money purchase scheme and such other persons as may be prescribed) the prescribed person shall be the person who is responsible for administering the scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Section 42A was inserted by section 137(5) of the Pensions Act 1995."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 45B was inserted by section 139 of the Pensions Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1172/regulation/36",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:44:46.785957+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}