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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008-commencement-no-1-and-consequential-provision-order-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/3241",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Act 2008 (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential Provision) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2008-commencement-no-1-and-consequential-provision-order-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force section 124(2) and (6) of the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30) (financial assistance scheme) on 19th December 2008 for the purposes only of section 286A of the Pensions Act 2004 (c.35) (restriction on purchase of annuities).\nArticle 3 amends the Financial Assistance Scheme Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/1986, as amended) in consequence of the coming into force of those provisions for the purposes of section 286A of the Pensions Act 2004.\nA full impact assessment has not been published for this Order as it has only a negligible impact on the private or voluntary sectors.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/3241/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:19:56.055734+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."
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