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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-northern-ireland-amendment-rules-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/444",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Rules 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-appeal-tribunals-northern-ireland-amendment-rules-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions (northern Ireland)\nMade 11th November 2008\nComing into operation 15th December 2008\nTo be laid before Parliament\nI, The Right Honourable Sir Brian Kerr, Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 6 of, and paragraph 5 of the Schedule to, the Pensions Appeal Tribunals Act 1943 and of all other powers enabling me in this behalf, do hereby make the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1943 c. 39; relevant amendments to Section 6 were made by Section 43(1) of the Social Security and Housing Benefits Act 1982 c. 24 and Section 5 of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 c. 32; paragraph 5 of the Schedule was amended by Section 32(4) of the Administration of Justice Act 1977 c.38, Section 16(6) of the Social Security Act 1980 c.30, Section 1(1) of the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 c.14, Sections 5 and 7(4) of the Armed Forces (Pensions and Compensation) Act 2004 c.32 and Section 15(1) of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 c.4."
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/444/introduction",
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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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