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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-deficiency-on-winding-up-etc-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/5",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Deficiency on Winding Up etc.) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-deficiency-on-winding-up-etc-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 4th January 1996\nLaid before Parliament 11th January 1996\nComing into force 1st February 1996\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of his powers under sections 144(5), 181(1), 182(2) and (3) and 183(3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Occupational Pensions Board having agreed that the proposal to make these Regulations need not be referred to them, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 48. Section 181(1) is cited because it contains definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 185(1) and (6) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c. 5). The Board have agreed that the proposal to amend regulation 2 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Deficiency on Winding Up etc.) Regulations 1994, in order to make reference to the revised Guidance Note, need not be referred to them."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/5/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."
}