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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/schedule-1/paragraph-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/35",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/17",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Regulator may establish committees for any purpose.\n(2) Any committee so established may establish sub-committees.\n(3) The members of such committees or sub-committees may include persons who are not members of the Regulator.\n(4) The members of such sub-committees may include persons who are not members of the committee.\n(5) But the majority of the members of a committee or a sub-committee must consist of persons who are members of the Regulator or members of the staff of the Regulator.\n(6) Sub-paragraphs (2) to (5) do not apply to—\n(a) the committee established under section 8 or any of its sub-committees, or\n(b) the Determinations Panel or any of its sub-committees (see section 9).\n(7) Subject to that, references in this Schedule to the committees of the Regulator are to—\n(a) the committee established under section 8 and any of its sub-committees,\n(b) the Determinations Panel and any of its sub-committees,\n(c) the appointments committee, and\n(d) any committees or sub-committees established under this paragraph.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 17 in force at 17.12.2004 by S.I. 2004/3350, art. 2, Sch."
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/35/schedule/1/paragraph/17",
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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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