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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-compensation-provisions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/138",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Compensation Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-compensation-provisions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 29th March 2001\nComing into operation 23rd April 2001\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 56(3), 79(2A)(a), 81(2) and (3)(a), 82(2), 84, 116, 122(2) and 166(2) 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,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); Article 79(2A)(a) was inserted by Article 16(2) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)); Article 81(3)(a) was amended by Article 16(4) of that Order; see also Article 79(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/138/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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