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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stakeholder-pension-schemes-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/119",
  "legislation_title": "The Stakeholder Pension Schemes (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stakeholder-pension-schemes-amendment-no-2-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 15th March 2001\nComing into operation 5th April 2001\nThe Department for Social Development, in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 3(2), 10(2)(b) and (3), 41(1) and (6), 50(1), (2)(a), (3) and (7) and 166(1) to (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Articles 3(1)(b), (3), (5) and (7), 5(1), (3)(b), (5) and (9) and 73(4) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and now vested in it, and of all other powers enabling it in that behalf, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); Article 3(2) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 2 to, paragraph 33 of Schedule 9 to, and Schedule 10 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11))"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 5(9) is cited because of the power conferred in the meaning of the expression “relevant employees”"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/119/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."
}