{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-pension-protection-regulations-2009/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3247",
  "legislation_title": "The Quality Contracts Schemes (Pension Protection) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/quality-contracts-schemes-pension-protection-regulations-2009",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Public Passenger Transport\nMade 7th December 2009\nLaid before Parliament 14th December 2009\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 134B(6) and (7)(e) and 160(1) of the Transport Act 2000.\nThe making of these Regulations fulfils the obligation imposed on the Secretary of State by section 134B(9) of the Transport Act 2000.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 38. Section 134B was inserted by section 44 of the Local Transport Act 2008 (c. 26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "This provision requires the Secretary of State to make regulations to ensure that pension protection is secured for transferring original employees (as defined in section 134B(10) of the Transport Act 2000), and that such employees have the right to acquire pension benefits from the new employer which are the same, broadly comparable to, or better than those which they had with the original employer."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3247/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."
}