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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-regulations-1991/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1991/588",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations 1991",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-pensions-ombudsman-regulations-1991",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 11th March 1991\nLaid before Parliament 11th March 1991\nComing into force 1st April 1991\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 166(1) to (3A) and 168(1) of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975, sections 59C(3) and (5) and 66(2) of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals to make these Regulations in so far as they are made under powers In section 59C(5) of the Social Security Pensions Act should not be referred to it, by this instrument, which is otherwise made before the end of a period of 6 months from the coming into force of section 12 of and Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1990 hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 14. Sections 166( 1) to (3A) 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."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1975 c. 60; section 59C was inserted by section 12(1) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Social Security Act 1990) (c.27)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1990 c. 27. See the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), section 61 (1)(b) and (5) as substituted by the Social Security Act 1989 (c. 24), Schedule 8, paragraph 12(3). Section 12 of and Schedule 3 to the Social Security Act 1990 were brought into force by S.I. 1900/1446."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/588/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."
}