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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2008-no-2-act-commencement-no-6-order-northern-ireland-2011/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2011/441",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2008-no-2-act-commencement-no-6-order-northern-ireland-2011",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings section 49 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (“the Act”) into operation on 3rd January 2012, for the purpose only of conferring power to make regulations under section 107A of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993. Section 49 amends section 107A so that the term “employee” includes a “jobholder”.\nThe Order also brings into operation certain provisions of Schedule 3 to the Act (and section 83 in so far as it relates to those provisions) on 3rd January 2012. Those provisions make minor and consequential amendments to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 in relation to retirement pensions under Part II of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2011/441/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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