{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-1995/section-175",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-1995/section-175.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/26",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-1995",
  "path": "section/175",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "175",
  "heading": "Parliamentary control of orders and regulations.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsections (2) to (3), a statutory instrument which contains any regulations or order made under this Act shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.\n(2) A statutory instrument which contains any regulations made by virtue of—\n(a) section 64(4),\n(b) section 78(6),\n(c) section 116(1), ...\n(d) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nor order under section 10(2) must not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\n(2A) A statutory instrument which contains the first regulations made by virtue of section 37(2A), 41A or 41C must not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\n(2B) Any provision that may be made by regulations or an order under this Act subject to the procedure described in subsection (1) may instead be made by regulations subject to the procedure described in subsection (2).\n(3) Subsection (1) does not apply to an order under section 180.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 175(1) substituted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Pension Schemes Act 2026 (c. 22), ss. 10(7)(a), 133(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 175(2)(d) and preceding word omitted (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions Act 2008 (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Amendments) (No.2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1730), arts. 1(2)(b), 6(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 175(2A) inserted (31.5.2021) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), ss. 124(4)(b), 131(1); S.I. 2021/620, reg. 2(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 175(2A) inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Pension Schemes Act 2026 (c. 22), ss. 10(7)(b), 133(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 175(2B) inserted (29.4.2026 for specified purposes) by Pension Schemes Act 2026 (c. 22), ss. 10(7)(c), 133(1)(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 175 in force at 4.12.1995 for specified purposes and 1.1.1996 for specified purposes by S.I. 1995/3104, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 175 in force at 6.4.1996 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 1996/778, art. 2(4), Sch. Pt. IV"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2004/35",
      "affecting_title": "Pensions Act 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2004/35",
      "affecting_title": "Pensions Act 2004"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2015/8",
      "affecting_title": "Pension Schemes Act 2015"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1995/26/section/175",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:14:42.886581+00:00",
    "licence": "OGL-UK-3.0",
    "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."
  }
}