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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-amendment-increased-pension-entitlement-scotland-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/185",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Amendment (Increased Pension Entitlement) (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-amendment-increased-pension-entitlement-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 14th May 2009\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 15th May 2009\nComing into force 26th June 2009\nThe Scottish Ministers make the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 3 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 they 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 (“the Act”). Section 1 is 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 are extended by section 42 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30). The functions of the Secretary of State under the Act as regards Scotland are transferred to the Scottish Ministers by S.I. 1999/1750, article 2, Schedule 1. The requirement for consent by the Minister for the Civil Service under section 1 of the Act 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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