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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-modification-of-fire-services-act-1947-order-1976/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1976/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (Modification of Fire Services Act 1947) Order 1976",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-modification-of-fire-services-act-1947-order-1976",
  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 4th April 1976\nLaid before Parliament 13th April 1976\nComing into Operation 1st June 1976\nWhereas the Minister for the Civil Service has, under section 65(1) of the Social Security Act 1973, designated the Secretary of State as the Minister of the Crown having responsibility for the pension scheme established under section 26 of the Fire Services Act 1947:\nNow, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 65 and 96 of the said Act of 1973, I hereby make the following Order:—",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1976/551/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."
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