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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-2005/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-2005/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3033",
  "legislation_title": "The War Pensions (Mercantile Marine) (Amendment) Scheme 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/war-pensions-mercantile-marine-amendment-scheme-2005",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "PENSIONS\nMade 26th October 2005\nComing into force 5th December 2005\nThe Secretary of State, with the consent of the Treasury, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939, and now vested in him and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Scheme:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1939 c. 83. Sections, 3, 4 and 7 of the Act were amended by the Pensions (Mercantile Marine) Act 1942 (c. 26), sections 2, 3(2), 6 and Schedule, the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 (c. 21), section 314(2) and Schedule 13, paragraph 19(a) and the Pilotage Act 1987 (c. 21), section 32(4) and Schedule 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The functions of the Minister of Pensions were transferred to the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance by virtue of the Transfer of Functions (Ministry of Pensions) Order 1953, S.I.1953/1198, article 2. The functions of the Minister of Pensions and National Insurance were transferred to the Minister of Social Security by virtue of the Ministry of Social Security Act 1966 (c. 20), section 2. The functions of the Minister of Social Security were transferred to the Secretary of State by virtue of the Secretary of State for Social Services Order 1968, S.I. 1968/1699, article 2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3033/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."
}