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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/section-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/section-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/35",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004",
  "path": "section/25",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "Period of effect etc of freezing order",
  "text": "(1) A freezing order must specify the period for which it has effect.\n(2) The period specified must not exceed three months.\n(3) The Regulator may on one or more occasions by order extend the period for which the order has effect.\n(4) But the total period for which the order has effect must not exceed six months.\n(5) This section is subject to sections 27, 28 and 29 (effect of winding up and assessment period on freezing orders).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 25 in force at 6.4.2005 by S.I. 2005/275, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/35/section/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T17:07:44.200988+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."
  }
}