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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-equal-treatment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/377",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-equal-treatment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 8th August 2005\nComing into operation 30th August 2005\nThe Department for Social Development, being a Department designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972 in relation to measures relating to discrimination, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section and by Articles 63(5), 66(4), and 166(1) and (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and now vested in it and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the European Communities (Designation) (No. 3) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/1819)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
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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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