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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-amendment-rules-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-amendment-rules-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2638",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) Amendment Rules 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-amendment-rules-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 15th October 1996\nComing into force 6th April 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 149(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after consultation with the Council on Tribunals in accordance with section 8 of the Tribunals and Inquiries Act 1992, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 48. Section 149(3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 was amended by section 158 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26) which added a new paragraph (3)(c)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1992 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2638/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."
}