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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-internal-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/567",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Internal Controls) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-internal-controls-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 16th December 2005\nComing into operation 30th December 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 personal and occupational pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by that section and Article 85(2)(k) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See Schedule 2 to the European Communities (Designation) (No. 7) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3328)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/567/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."
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