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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/1641",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 2) Regulations 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-miscellaneous-amendments-no-2-regulations-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 7th September 1989\nLaid before Parliament 8th September 1989\nComing into force 1st October 1989\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 96(1) and 99(1) and (3) of, and paragraphs 15(4) and 26 of Schedule 16 to, the Social Security Act 1973, sections 166(1) and 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975, sections 56A(1) and (3) and 66(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975, and sections 3(2), 61(1), 83(1) and 84(1) of the Social Security Act 1986, not being required to refer the proposals in respect of these Regulations to the Occupational Pensions Board because it appears to him that by reason of the urgency of the matter it is inexpedient so to refer them, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 38. See definition of “prescribed” in section 99(1) and explanation of “regulations” in section 99(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. See definitions of “prescribe” and “regulations” in Schedule 20. Sections 166(1) and 168(1) apply, by virtue of section 66(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), to the exercise of certain powers conferred by that Act. Section 166(1) applies, by virtue of section 83(1) of the Social Security Act 1986, to the exercise of powers to make Regulations under that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1975 c. 60. Section 56A was inserted by section 3 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Social Security Act 1985 (c. 53)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1986 c. 50. See definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” in section 84(1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "See section 68(1) of the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), section 61(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60) and section 61(1) of the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/1641/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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