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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-1995-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1995/477",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-1995-order-commencement-no-1-order-northern-ireland-1995",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order provides for the coming into operation of provisions of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 on the following dates—\n19th December 1995 for—\nArticles 62 to 66 for the purpose only of authorising the making of regulations and Articles 114, 117, 118, 121, 166 and 167 in so far as they relate to those Articles for that purpose,\nArticle 88 which amends provisions in the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (“the Pension Schemes Act”) concerning unpaid contributions in cases of insolvency,\nArticle 152 which amends provisions in the Pension Schemes Act, concerning the employment of staff by the Pensions Ombudsman,\nArticle 164 and Articles 166 and 167 in so far as they relate to that Article to provide for the disclosure of information, in certain circumstances, by public service schemes,\nParagraphs 2, 3, 13(a) and 15 of Schedule 4 and Article 165 in so far as it gives effect to those paragraphs to make minor amendments and an associated repeal in Schedule 5 and Article 168 in so far as it gives effect to that\n1st January 1996 for—\nArticle 39 and Articles 114, 118 and 121 in so far as they relate to that Article to provide for the exercise of powers by member trustees, the following provisions (which relate to equal treatment)—\nArticles 62 to 66, in so far as not already in operation, and Articles 114, 117, 118, 121, 166 and 167 in so far as they relate to those Articles and are not already in operation,\nparagraphs 21, 24 to 29, 31(b) (in part), 34, 36(a)(i), 38 and 39 of Schedule 1 and Article 119 in so far as it gives effect to those paragraphs,\nassociated repeals in Part I of Schedule 5 and Article 168 in so far as it gives effect to those repeals.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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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