{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-1995-commencement-no-8-order-1996/note",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-1995-commencement-no-8-order-1996/note.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2637",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Act 1995 (Commencement No. 8) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-1995-commencement-no-8-order-1996",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force on 16th October 1996 further regulation and rule making powers contained in the Pensions Act 1995.\nThe powers concerned are those contained in—\nsection 3(2) (prohibition orders),\nsection 74 (discharge of liabilities by insurance, etc.),\nsection 118 (powers to modify Part I of the Act),\nsection 125 (powers supplementary to the interpretation section),\nsection 158 (amendments to section 149 of the Pensions Scheme Act 1993),\nsection 165 (levy),\nSchedule 2, paragraph 12 (functions and procedures of the Pensions Compensation Board),\nSchedule 3, paragraphs 23 (disclosure of information by the Registrar of Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes) and 44(a)(ii) (definition of “the Regulatory Authority”), and,\nSchedule 5, paragraph 80(f) (consultation about regulations).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2637/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."
}