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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007-commencement-no-4-order-2011/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1267",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007-commencement-no-4-order-2011",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement of provisions",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Pensions Act 2007 shall come into force on 6th April 2012—\n(a) section 15(1) (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes),\n(b) in Part 2 of Schedule 4 (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further amendments)—\n(i) paragraph 46, in so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraphs (ii), (iii) and (iv) of this paragraph,\n(ii) paragraph 59(1), in so far as it relates to paragraph 59(2) and (4),\n(iii) paragraph 59(2) and (4), and\n(iv) paragraph 60, and\n(c) Part 7 of Schedule 7 (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further repeals) in so far as it relates to the repeal of the specified provisions contained within paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993, and section 137(7)(a) of the Pensions Act 1995 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 2(b)(i)(iv) substituted for (20.3.2012) by The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/911), art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2(c) inserted (20.3.2012) by The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/911), art. 2(b)"
    },
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      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1993 c.48."
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:05.772418+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."
}