{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1997/38",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) (Procedure) (Amendment) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-procedure-amendment-rules-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 3rd February 1997\nComing into operation 6th April 1997\nThe Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by section 145(2) and (3) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Rules:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 49; section 145(3) was amended by Article 154 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/38/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:31:01.132066+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."
}