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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-pension-schemes-appropriate-schemes-regulations-1988/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1988/137",
  "legislation_title": "The Personal Pension Schemes (Appropriate Schemes) Regulations 1988",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/personal-pension-schemes-appropriate-schemes-regulations-1988",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 29th January 1988\nLaid before Parliament 9th February 1988\nComing into force\nRegulations 1 to 11, 19 and 20 1st March 1988\nRegulations 12 to 18 1st July 1988\nThe Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 66(7) of the Social Security Act 1973 and sections 1(1), (2), (4), (5), (9), (10) and (11), 2(1) and (5), 3(1)(b) and (5), 84(1) and 89(1) of, and paragraphs 2 and 6 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Act 1986, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, by this instrument, which is made before the end of a period of 12 months from the commencement of the enactments under which it is made, makes the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 38. Section 66(7) was amended by the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (c. 60), Schedule 4, paragraph 26 and the Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50), Schedule 10, paragraph 4."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1986 c. 50. See definitions of “prescribed” and “regulations” in section 84(1)."
    }
  ],
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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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