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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/2273",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 14th October 1991\nLaid before Parliament 14th October 1991\nComing into force 4th November 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 40(2), 52 and 52C(4) of, and paragraph 9 of Schedule 2 to, the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and sections 166(1) to (3) and 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after reference to the Occupational Pensions Board of the proposal to make regulations 1 and 2 and having considered their report on that proposal , hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 60; section 40(2) was amended by the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53), Schedule 5, paragraph 20(a) and the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 2, paragraph 6(3)(a); section 52C was added by section 2 of and Schedule 1 to the Social Security Act 1985 and was amended by the Social Security Act 1990 (c. 27), Schedule 4, paragraph 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. See definitions of “prescribe” and “regulations” in Schedule 20. Sections 166(1) to (3) and 168(1) apply, 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": "See section 61(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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