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  "legislation": "nia/2015/5",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Before making any regulations under this Schedule, the Department must consult such persons as it considers appropriate, but that duty to consult does not apply to regulations making only provision corresponding to provision contained in regulations made by the Secretary of State in relation to Great Britain.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 8 in operation at 16.7.2015 by S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(1)(n)"
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