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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-protected-rights-regulations-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-protected-rights-regulations-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1537",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Protected Rights) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-and-occupational-pension-schemes-protected-rights-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 12th June 1996\nLaid before Parliament 19th June 1996\nComing into force 6th April 1997\nThe Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 9(3) and (5), 10(2) and (3), 27(3), 28(1A) and (2) to (5), 28A(3) and (5), 29(1), (3) and (4), 32, 155, 181(1), 182(2) and (3) and 183(3) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement with the Occupational Pensions Board that certain proposals within these Regulations need not be referred to it, by this instrument, which otherwise contains regulations made for the purposes of consolidating regulations revoked herein and regulations which are consequential upon Part III of the Pensions Act 1995 and are made before the end of the period of 6 months beginning with the coming into force of the enactments of that Part by virtue of which they are made, hereby makes the following regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1993 c.48 as amended by Part III of the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26).See definition in section 181(1) of “prescribed” and “regulations”."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1995 c.26."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "See section 185 of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and section 173 of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5), under which the requirement to consult does not apply where regulations are made only for the purpose of consolidating other regulations revoked by them or are consequential upon a specific enactment and are made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of that enactment."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Regulations: transfer of functions (except for reg. 4(3)) (1.4.1999) by Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc. ) Act 1999 (c. 2), ss. 1(2), 28(3), Sch. 2; S.I. 1999/527, art. 2(b), Sch. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1537/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."
}