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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-amendment-scotland-regulations-2010/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2010/320",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-additional-voluntary-contributions-amendment-scotland-regulations-2010",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions\nMade 7th September 2010\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 9th September 2010\nComing into force 1st October 2010\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1 and 7 of the Police Pensions Act 1976 and all other powers enabling them to do so.\nIn accordance with section 1(1) of that Act, the Scottish Ministers have consulted with the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1976 c.35. Section 1 was amended by section 2(3) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c.10), section 103 and paragraph 28 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (c.16) and section 1(1) of the Police and Firemen’s Pensions Act 1997 (c.52). These powers were extended by section 42 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c.30). The functions of the Secretary of State as regards Scotland were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by S.I. 1999/1750, article 2 and Schedule 1. The requirement for consent by the Minister for the Civil Service under section 1 was transferred to Treasury by virtue of S.I. 1981/1670 and such consent is not required in the exercise by the Scottish Ministers of the transferred functions by virtue of S.I. 1999/1750 and section 63 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c.46)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 61 of the Police Act 1996 (c.16)."
    }
  ],
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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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