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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2021/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/1",
  "legislation_title": "Pension Schemes Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A pause order must specify the period for which it has effect, which must not exceed three months.\n(2) The Pensions Regulator may on one or more occasions by order extend the period for which the pause order has effect for a further three months.\n(3) A pause order that is in effect at the end of the triggering event period ceases to have effect at the end of that period.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 131(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.8.2022 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/721, reg. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/1/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:59:16.686205+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."
}