{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-1995-order-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/307",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (1995 Order) (Commencement No. 4) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-1995-order-commencement-no-4-order-northern-ireland-1996",
  "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 further provisions of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 on the following dates—\n23rd July 1996 for—\nthe purpose only of authorising the making of regulations under provisions relating to time limits for paying civil penalties, the requirement for an independent trustee, the Pensions Compensation Board, the review of decisions of the Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority and the jurisdiction of the Pensions Ombudsman;\nprovisions relating to a breach of regulations;\nthe purpose only of authorising the making of rules relating to the powers of the Pensions Ombudsman as regards the payment of allowances;\n1st August 1996 for—\nprovisions relating to the establishment of the Pensions Compensation Board.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/307/note",
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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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