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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/476",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 10th March 1988\nLaid before Parliament 16th March 1988\nComing into force 6th April 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by paragraph 9(2) and (3) of Schedule 16 to the Social Security Act 1973, section 168(1) of and Schedule 20 to the Social Security Act 1975, sections 52C(4) and (5)(c), 56A and 56E(1), (3) and (4) of, and paragraphs 14 and 20 of Schedule 1A to, the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and section 5 of the Social Security Act 1985, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Occupational Pensions Board, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 38. Paragraph 9(2) was amended by paragraph 32 of Schedule 4 to the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. See the definitions of “prescribe” and “regulations” in Schedule 20. Section 168(1) applies, by virtue of section 66(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, to the exercise of certain powers conferred by that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1975 c. 60. Section 52C was inserted by Schedule 1 and sections 56A and 56E were inserted by Schedule 2 to the Social Security act 1985 (c. 53) and Schedule 1A by Schedule 1 to that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1985 c. 53. Section 5 was amended by paragraph 103(1) of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 68 of the Social Security Act 1973 as amended by paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1979 (c. 18) and paragraph 82 of Schedule 10 to the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/476/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."
}