Appointed days2

1

The day appointed for the coming into operation of—

a

in Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further amendments)—

i

paragraph 45 in so far as it relates to paragraph 59, and

ii

paragraph 592 in so far as it is not already in operation, and

b

Part 7 of Schedule 6 to the Act (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further repeals) in so far as it relates to the repeal of the following provisions—

i

in paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 19933 in sub-paragraph (5) the definition of “appropriate flat-rate percentage”, and

ii

Article 134(6)(a) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 19954,

is 7th June 2012.

2

The day appointed for the coming into operation of Part 7 of Schedule 6 to the Act in so far as it relates to the repeal of Article 136 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 is 6th April 2015.