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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-public-service-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-1993/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1888",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Public Service Pension Schemes) (Amendment) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-public-service-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 23rd July 1993\nLaid before Parliament 30th July 1993\nComing into force 1st September 1993\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security and the Treasury in exercise of the powers conferred on them by sections 51(3)(b) and 96(1) to (3) of the Social Security Act 1973, section 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975 and sections 61B and 66(1) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf being of the opinion that the occupational pension schemes referred to in the Occupational Pensions Schemes (Public Service Pensions Schemes) Regulations 1978 and in these Regulations ought to be treated as public service pension schemes for the purposes of Part II of the Social Security Act 1973 and of Parts III, IV and IVA of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and after considering the report of the Occupational Pensions Board on the draft submitted to them, hereby jointly make the following Regulations—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See the Transfer of Functions (Minister for the Civil Service and Treasury) Order 1981 S.I. 1981/1670."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1973 c. 38. See definition of “prescribed” in section 99(1) and the explanation of “regulations” in section 99(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. See definitions of “prescribe” and “regulations” in Schedule 20. Section 168(1) applies to certain powers to make regulations under the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 by virtue of section 66(2) of that Act. See the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6), Schedule 3, paragraph 10."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1975 c. 60. Section 61B was inserted by paragraph 37 of Schedule 2 to the Social Security (Consequential Provisions) Act 1992 (c. 6)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "S.I. 1978/289 amended by S.I. 1979/1645 and 1980/288."
    }
  ],
  "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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