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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-minimum-contributions-to-appropriate-personal-pension-schemes-order-1996/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-minimum-contributions-to-appropriate-personal-pension-schemes-order-1996/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/1056",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Minimum Contributions to Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-minimum-contributions-to-appropriate-personal-pension-schemes-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 3rd April 1996\nComing into force 6th April 1997\nWhereas the Secretary of State has under section 45A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 laid before each House of Parliament a report, stating what, in view of the report of the Government Actuary under that section, he considers the appropriate age-related percentages should be for the purposes of section 45 of that Act:\nAnd whereas a draft of the following Order, in accordance with section 45A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993, was laid before, and approved by, resolution of each House of Parliament:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State for Social Security, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 45A of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1993 c.48. Section 45A was inserted into the Pension Schemes Act 1993 by section 138 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26)."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "Section 45 was amended by section 138 of the Pensions Act 1995."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1056/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."
}