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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-pension-sharing-on-divorce-etc-transitional-provision-order-northern-ireland-2016/article-1",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/99",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Pension Sharing on Divorce etc.) (Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-pension-sharing-on-divorce-etc-transitional-provision-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2015 Act) (Pension Sharing on Divorce etc.) (Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2016.\n(2) For the purposes of this Order, a petition or application is issued on the date entered on the petition or application form by a member of the court staff.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/99/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:53.740192+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."
}