{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-amendment-no-2-regulations-2016/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-amendment-no-2-regulations-2016/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/240",
  "legislation_title": "The State Pension (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-amendment-no-2-regulations-2016",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Social Security\nMade 25th February 2016\nLaid before Parliament 1st March 2016\nComing into force 6th April 2016\nThe Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 22(5ZA) and (5ZB), and 175(1), (3), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 makes the following Regulations.\nThese Regulations have not been referred to the Social Security Advisory Committee as they are made before the end of the period of six months beginning with the coming into force of the provisions under which they are made.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1992 c.4. Section 22(5ZA) and (5ZB) were inserted by paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 12 to the Pensions Act 2014 (c.19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "See section 173(5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992 (c.5)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/240/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."
}