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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-levies-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2005/147",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Levies) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-levies-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 21st March 2005\nComing into operation 1st April 2005\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 103(1), (3) and (7)(a), 110(1)(b), 157(1) and (2), 164(5) and (8)(a), 171(11)(a), 191(3) and (4) and 287(2) and (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, having consulted with the Board of the Pension Protection Fund and with the approval of the Department of Finance and Personnel in so far as regulations 8 to 11 are concerned, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 103(4) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "See Article 157(3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/147/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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