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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-deferral-of-retirement-pensions-regulations-2011/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/634",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-deferral-of-retirement-pensions-regulations-2011",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 3rd March 2011\nLaid before Parliament 10th March 2011\nComing into force 6th April 2011\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 122(1) and 175(1) and (3) of, and paragraphs 2(2), 3B(5)(b)(iii) and 7B(5)(b)(iii) of Schedule 5 to, the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.\nThe Social Security Advisory Committee has agreed that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c. 4. Schedule 5 was amended by paragraph 42 of Schedule 8 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48); paragraph 40 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994 (c. 18); paragraphs 6 and 21(15) of Part 2 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26); section 39(1) and (2)(c) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19); Schedule 6 to the Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21); paragraphs 2 to 14 of Part 1 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35); paragraphs 8, 19 and 20 of Schedule 1 and Schedule 7 to the Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22) and by paragraph 5 of Part 1 of the Schedule to S.I. 2005/2053. Section 122(1) is cited because of the meaning ascribed to the word “prescribe”."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5) provides that regulations which would otherwise be referable to the Social Security Advisory Committee may not be so referred with the agreement of that Committee. These Regulations would otherwise be referable by virtue of section 172 of that Act."
    }
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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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