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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2024/38",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Service Pensions\nMade 6th March 2024\nComing into operation 1st April 2024\nThe Department of Justice makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 25(2)(k) and 26(2)(g) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (“the 1998 Act”), Articles 14 and 15 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 and sections 1(1), (2)(g), 2(1) (together with paragraph 7 of Schedule 2) and 3(1) to (3) (together with Schedule 3) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (“the 2014 Act”).\nIn accordance with section 25(9)(a) of the 1998 Act, the Department of Justice has invited the views of the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales. In accordance with section 26(6) of the 1998 Act, the Department has consulted both the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Police Association for Northern Ireland. In accordance with section 22 of the 2014 Act, the Department has also consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Department likely to be affected by these Regulations.\nIn accordance with section 72(2A) of the 1998 Act and section 3(5) of the 2014 Act, the Department of Finance has consented to the making of these Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1998 c.32. Sections 25 and 26 were amended by section 78(1) of, and paragraph 23 of Schedule 6 to, the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 and section 26 is amended by section 49(5) of that Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1972/1073 (N.I. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2014 c.2 (N.I.). Section 3 of the 2014 Act was amended by section 94(11)-(14) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c.7). Section 3(3)(b) of the 2014 Act enables scheme regulations to make retrospective provision."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "2014 c.2 (N.I.). Section 21 of the Act was amended by section 94(16) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c.7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I). Section 1(4) renamed the Department of Finance and Personnel as the Department of Finance."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/38/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:29:28.303344+00:00"
  },
  "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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