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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-scheme-regulations-1993/regulation-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1993/3252",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-scheme-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Prohibition on assignment or charge on benefits",
  "text": "Any assignment (or, in Scotland, assignation) of, or charge on, or any agreement to assign or charge, any benefits payable under the AVC scheme shall be void.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "am (retrosp) (to 1.12.2000)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2001/2649",
      "affecting_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2001"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/3252/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:43:35.544047+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}