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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-1996/schedule-3/paragraph-9.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": "schedule/3/paragraph/9",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Where—\n(a) an employer has two or more schemes, and\n(b) none of those schemes can be contracted-out by itself under section 9(1) of the 1993 Act (requirements for certification of schemes: general),\nthe actuary may take into account the pensions provided under all those schemes.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 added (1.10.2011) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1294), regs. 1(2), 2(3), Schs."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1172/schedule/3/paragraph/9",
    "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."
}