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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pensions-regulations-1997/schedule-11/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pensions Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Before delivering a declaration a person must also at his own expense—\n(a) have satisfied the Secretary of State as to his health, and\n(b) have provided the Secretary of State with such information about the person for whose benefit the allocation is to be made, and verified it in such manner, as the Secretary of State may reasonably require.\n(2) In order to satisfy the Secretary of State as to his health the person must have been examined by a medical practitioner nominated by the Secretary of State; he may if he wishes be examined by a second such practitioner if the Secretary of State is not satisfied as a result of the first examination.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "am",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2198",
      "affecting_title": "The Teachers' Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2005"
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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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