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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-discharge-of-liability-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/784",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Discharge of Liability) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-discharge-of-liability-regulations-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 11th March 1997\nLaid before Parliament 14th March 1997\nComing into force 6th April 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 12C, 19, 181(1), 182(2) and (3), 183(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Occupational Pensions Board that certain proposals embodied within these Regulations need not be referred to them, by this instrument, which otherwise contains regulations in Part II made for the purposes of consolidating regulations revoked herein, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1993 c.48. See definition in section 181(1) of “prescribed\" and “regulations\". Section 12C was inserted by section 136 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "See section 185(1), (2)(b) and (6) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)."
    }
  ],
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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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