{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-miscellaneous-offices-preservation-of-benefits-order-1977/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-miscellaneous-offices-preservation-of-benefits-order-1977/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1977/1653",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (Miscellaneous Offices) (Preservation of Benefits) Order 1977",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-miscellaneous-offices-preservation-of-benefits-order-1977",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 11th October 1977\nLaid before Parliament 21st October 1977\nComing into Operation 11th November 1977\nThe Minister for the Civil Service, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 65 of the Social Security Act 1973 and Article 61 of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975, as the appropriate authority designated for that purpose by the Minister for the Civil Service in accordance with the said provisions, hereby makes the following Order:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1977/1653/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:48:20.947617+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."
}