PART 2Amendments coming into operation immediately before, or on, 6th April 2012

Repeal and amendment of certain amending provisions of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 before their commencement7

1

The Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 is amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

2

Paragraphs 7, 16, 24, 25, 30, 32, 33 and 36 of Schedule 4 (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes) are omitted, and are not to have any effect from the contracting-out abolition date (within the meaning of section 85(4) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008) (in spite of section 13(4) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008).

3

In Part 2 of Schedule 4 (further amendments) (which is not yet in operation)—

a

omit paragraph 54 (which would have amended section 46 of the Pension Schemes Act);

b

in paragraph 55 (which amends section 160 of the Pension Schemes Act) for the words from “in paragraph (b)” to the end substitute “omit paragraph (b).”;

c

in paragraph 58(3), in the text to be substituted in paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 1 to the Pension Schemes Act—

i

omit “34,”;

ii

omit “(except as they apply to personal pension schemes, the members of such schemes or rights in respect of them)”.