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Part III Certification of Pension Schemes and Effects on Members’ State Scheme Rights and Duties
Requirements for certification of occupational pension schemes providing guaranteed minimum pensions
11. Increase of guaranteed minimum where commencement of guaranteed minimum pension postponed.
11A. Reduction of guaranteed minimum in consequence of pension debit.
12. Revaluation of earnings factors for purposes of s. 10: early leavers, etc.
15. Discharge of liability where guaranteed minimum pensions secured by insurance policies or annuity contracts.
Requirements for certification of occupational and personal money purchase schemes
Cancellation, variation, surrender and refusal of certificates
Reduced rates of contributions for members of salary related contracted-out schemes
Reduced rates of contributions, and rebates, for members of money purchase contracted-out schemes
Minimum contributions: members of appropriate personal pension schemes
Effect of entitlement to guaranteed minimum pensions on payment of social security benefits
Effect of reduced contributions and rebates on social security benefits
Chapter III Termination of Contracted-out or Appropriate Scheme Status: State Scheme Premiums
Approval of arrangements for schemes ceasing to be certified
51. Payment of state scheme premiums on termination of certified status.
55. Alternative basis for revaluation of earnings factors for calculation of certain premiums.
57. Deduction of contributions equivalent premium from refund of scheme contributions.
59. Further provisions concerning calculations relating to premiums.
60. Actuarial tables for purposes of calculations relating to premiums.
61. Inclusion of former and future earners for some purposes of this Chapter.
Part IV Protection for Early Leavers
Chapter I Preservation of Benefit Under Occupational Schemes
Chapter II Revaluation of Accrued Benefits (Excluding Guaranteed Minimum Pensions)
Chapter III Protection of Increases in Guaranteed Minimum Pensions (“Anti-franking”)
Part V Annual Increases of Pensions in Payment
Chapter I Pensions under Final Salary Schemes, etc.
98. Scope of Chapter I: annual increase of certain occupational pensions.
100. Annual increase of earlier service component where scheme is in surplus.
101. Proportional increase where first period is less than 12 months.
103. Application of Chapter I to pensions not attributable to pensionable service.
Part VI Further Requirements for Protection of Scheme Members
107A.Monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes.
107B. Obtaining information for purposes of section 107A and corresponding legislation in Great Britain.
108. Restrictions on investment of scheme’s resources in employer-related assets.
109. Disclosure of information about schemes to members, etc.
111. Powers as respects failure to comply with information requirements.
Part VII Insolvency of Employers
Chapter I Independent Trustees
115. Requirement for independent trustee where employer becomes insolvent, etc.
116. Members’ powers to apply to court to enforce duty under s. 115.
117. Further provisions as to appointment and powers of independent trustees.
118. Duty of insolvency practitioner or official receiver to give information to scheme trustees.
Chapter II Payment by the Department of Unpaid Scheme Contributions
Part VIII Relationship Between Requirements and Scheme Rules
Part XI General and Miscellaneous Provisions
Avoidance of certain transactions and provisions
155. Inalienability of guaranteed minimum pension and protected rights payments.
155A. No forfeiture on bankruptcy of rights under personal pension schemes.
156. Terms of contracts of service or schemes restricting choice to be void.
157. Provisions excluding Chapter II of Part VII to be void.
158. Removal of restrictions on friendly societies’ pension business.
159. Exemption of certain schemes from rule against perpetuities.
Application of provisions relating to social security administration
Part XII Supplementary Provisions
SCHEDULES
Transitional Provisions and Savings
Contracting-out requirements for schemes providing guaranteed minimum pensions
Overriding effect of certain requirements for existing contracted-out and appropriate schemes
Saving for application of general provisions relating to social security
Saving for Article 9 of the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1986
Re-enactment or Amendment of Certain Provisions Not in Force
The Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951 (c. 20 (N.I.))
The County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 (c. 25 (N.I.))
The Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 (c. 25 (N.I.))
The Parliamentary Commissioner Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 10 (N.I.))
The Commissioner for Complaints Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (c. 25 (N.I.))
The Social Services (Parity) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 21 (N.I.))
The Pensions Increase Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 (c. 35 (N.I.))
The Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 (N.I. 15)
The Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (N.I. 14)
The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
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The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)