{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-transfer-values-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/619",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-transfer-values-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 31st December 1996\nComing into operation 6th April 1997\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by sections 89(1), 89(1B), 89A(2) and (3), 90(3), 91(2), (5) and (6), 93(1) to (3) and (4), 94(1) to (4), 95(4) and (7), 109(1) and (3), 149(1), 164(1) and (4), 177(2) to (4) and 178(1) and (3) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 and Article 10(2) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 49; section 89(1)(a) was substituted by Article 148(2) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)); section 89(1B) was inserted by Article 148(3) of that Order; section 89A was inserted by Article 149 of that Order; section 90(3) was inserted by Article 150(5) of that Order; section 93(2) was amended by paragraph 6(a) of Schedule 4 to that Order; section 93(3) was amended by paragraph 6(b) of Schedule 4 to that Order; section 94 was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to that Order; section 95(4) was substituted by paragraph 8(c) of Schedule 4 to that Order; section 95(7) was added by paragraph 8(e) of Schedule 4 to that Order and section 164 was substituted by Article 151(1) of that Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/619/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."
}