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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-winding-up-procedure-requirement-regulations-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-winding-up-procedure-requirement-regulations-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/1733",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding up Procedure Requirement) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-winding-up-procedure-requirement-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 29th June 2006\nLaid before Parliament 3rd July 2006\nComing into force 24th July 2006\nThe Secretary of State, being a Minister designated for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972, in relation to matters relating to personal and occupational pensions makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of that Act and sections 113(1), 181(1) and 182(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and sections 60(2)(h), 69(2)(a), 315(2) and (5) and 318(1) of the Pensions Act 2004.\nIn accordance with section 185(1) of the Pensions Schemes Act 1993 and section 317(1) of the Pensions Act 2004, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons as he considers appropriate before making these Regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See S.I. 2004/3328."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1972 c. 68."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1993 c. 48; section 113(1) was amended by section 52(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19). Section 181(1) is cited because of the meaning there given to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2004 c. 35. The Act is modified in its application to partially guaranteed schemes by S.I. 2005/277, in its application to multi-employer schemes by S.I. 2005/441 (as amended by S.I. 2005/993 and 2113) and in its application to hybrid schemes by S.I. 2005/449. The Act is further modified by S.I. 2005/3377 and 3380. Section 318(1) is cited because of the meaning there given to “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 185(1) is amended by paragraph 80(a) of Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/1733/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."
}