http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/section/3/1995-12-16Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 An Act to consolidate for Northern Ireland certain enactments relating to pension schemes, with corrections and minor improvements under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-211995-12-16Part III Certification of Pension Schemes and Effects on Members’ State Scheme Rights and DutiesChapter I Certification Preliminary
3 Issue of contracting-out and appropriate scheme certificates.(1)

Regulations shall provide for the Board to issue certificates stating—

(a)

that the employment of an earner in employed earner’s employment is contracted-out employment by reference to an occupational pension scheme; or

(b)

that a personal pension scheme is an appropriate scheme;

and in this Act a certificate under paragraph (a) is referred to as “a contracting-out certificate” and a certificate under paragraph (b) as “an appropriate scheme certificate”.

(2)

The regulations shall provide for contracting-out certificates to be issued to employers and to specify—

(a)

the employments which are to be treated, either generally or in relation to any specified description of earners, as contracted-out employments; and

(b)

the occupational pension schemes by reference to which those employments are to be so treated.

(3)

An occupational pension scheme is a contracted-out scheme in relation to an earner’s employment if it is for the time being specified in a contracting-out certificate in relation to that employment; and references in this Act to the contracting-out of a scheme are references to its inclusion in such a certificate.

(4)

A personal pension scheme is an appropriate scheme if there is in force an appropriate scheme certificate issued by the Board in accordance with this Chapter that it is such a scheme.

(5)

An appropriate scheme certificate for the time being in force in relation to a scheme shall be conclusive that the scheme is an appropriate scheme.

(6)

Regulations shall provide that any question whether a personal pension scheme is or at any time was an appropriate scheme shall be determined by the Board.

(7)

Except in prescribed circumstances, no contracting-out certificate or appropriate scheme certificate shall have effect from a date earlier than that on which the certificate is issued.

This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<akomaNtoso xmlns:uk="https://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/UK-AKN" xmlns:ukl="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/ns/akn/3.0 http://docs.oasis-open.org/legaldocml/akn-core/v1.0/cos01/part2-specs/schemas/akomantoso30.xsd">
<act name="ukpga">
<meta>
<identification source="#">
<FRBRWork>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/49"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1993/49"/>
<FRBRdate date="1993-11-05" name="enacted"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/legislature/UnitedKingdomParliament"/>
<FRBRcountry value="GB-UKM"/>
<FRBRnumber value="49"/>
<FRBRname value="1993 c. 49"/>
<FRBRprescriptive value="true"/>
</FRBRWork>
<FRBRExpression>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/1995-12-16"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/1995-12-16"/>
<FRBRdate date="1995-12-16" name="validFrom"/>
<FRBRauthor href="#"/>
<FRBRlanguage language="eng"/>
</FRBRExpression>
<FRBRManifestation>
<FRBRthis value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/1995-12-16/data.akn"/>
<FRBRuri value="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/1995-12-16/data.akn"/>
<FRBRdate date="2024-11-24Z" name="transform"/>
<FRBRauthor href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk"/>
<FRBRformat value="application/akn+xml"/>
</FRBRManifestation>
</identification>
<lifecycle source="#">
<eventRef refersTo="#enactment" date="1993-11-05" eId="date-enacted" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1994-02-07" eId="date-1994-02-07" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1994-02-19" eId="date-1994-02-19" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1995-12-16" eId="date-1995-12-16" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1995-12-19" eId="date-1995-12-19" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1996-03-14" eId="date-1996-03-14" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1996-04-06" eId="date-1996-04-06" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="1999-03-24" eId="date-1999-03-24" source="#"/>
<eventRef date="2012-04-06" eId="date-2012-04-06" source="#"/>
</lifecycle>
<analysis source="#">
<restrictions source="#">
<restriction refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#body" refersTo="#extent-e+w+s+ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-III" refersTo="#extent-ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-III-chapter-I" refersTo="#extent-ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-III-chapter-I-crossheading-preliminary" refersTo="#extent-ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-3" refersTo="#extent-ni" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction refersTo="#period-from-1995-12-16-to-1995-12-19" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#body" refersTo="#period-from-1995-12-16-to-1995-12-19" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-III" refersTo="#period-from-1995-12-16-to-1996-03-14" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-III-chapter-I" refersTo="#period-from-1994-02-19-to-1996-03-14" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#part-III-chapter-I-crossheading-preliminary" refersTo="#period-from-1994-02-07-to-1999-03-24" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-3" refersTo="#period-from-1994-02-07-to-1996-04-06" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-3-4" refersTo="#period-to-2012-04-06" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-3-5" refersTo="#period-to-2012-04-06" type="jurisdiction"/>
<restriction href="#section-3-6" refersTo="#period-to-2012-04-06" type="jurisdiction"/>
</restrictions>
<otherAnalysis source="">
<uk:confersPower href="#section-3" value="true"/>
</otherAnalysis>
</analysis>
<temporalData source="#">
<temporalGroup eId="period-to-2012-04-06">
<timeInterval end="#date-2012-04-06" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-1994-02-07-to-1996-04-06">
<timeInterval start="#date-1994-02-07" end="#date-1996-04-06" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-1994-02-07-to-1999-03-24">
<timeInterval start="#date-1994-02-07" end="#date-1999-03-24" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-1994-02-19-to-1996-03-14">
<timeInterval start="#date-1994-02-19" end="#date-1996-03-14" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-1995-12-16-to-1995-12-19">
<timeInterval start="#date-1995-12-16" end="#date-1995-12-19" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
<temporalGroup eId="period-from-1995-12-16-to-1996-03-14">
<timeInterval start="#date-1995-12-16" end="#date-1996-03-14" refersTo="#"/>
</temporalGroup>
</temporalData>
<references source="#">
<TLCEvent eId="enactment" href="" showAs="EnactmentDate"/>
<TLCLocation eId="extent-e+w+s+ni" href="" showAs="E+W+S+N.I."/>
<TLCLocation eId="extent-ni" href="" showAs="N.I."/>
</references>
<proprietary xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" source="#">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/section/3/1995-12-16</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993</dc:title>
<dc:description> An Act to consolidate for Northern Ireland certain enactments relating to pension schemes, with corrections and minor improvements under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.</dc:description>
<dc:date/>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher>
<dc:modified>2024-05-21</dc:modified>
<dct:valid>1995-12-16</dct:valid>
<ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="primary"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="1993"/>
<ukm:Number Value="49"/>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="1993-11-05"/>
<ukm:ISBN Value="0105449938"/>
</ukm:PrimaryMetadata>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative Date="2008-03-02" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/pdfs/ukpga_19930049_en.pdf" Title="Print Version"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="330"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="230"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="100"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="1"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</proprietary>
</meta>
<body eId="body">
<part eId="part-III">
<num>Part III</num>
<heading> Certification of Pension Schemes and Effects on Members’ State Scheme Rights and Duties</heading>
<chapter eId="part-III-chapter-I">
<num>Chapter I</num>
<heading> Certification</heading>
<hcontainer name="crossheading" ukl:Name="Pblock" eId="part-III-chapter-I-crossheading-preliminary">
<heading> Preliminary</heading>
<section eId="section-3" uk:target="true">
<num>3</num>
<heading> Issue of contracting-out and appropriate scheme certificates.</heading>
<subsection eId="section-3-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>Regulations shall provide for the Board to issue certificates stating—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>that the employment of an earner in employed earner’s employment is contracted-out employment by reference to an occupational pension scheme; or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>that a personal pension scheme is an appropriate scheme;</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
and in this Act a certificate under paragraph (a) is referred to as “
<term refersTo="#term-a-contracting-out-certificate" eId="term-a-contracting-out-certificate">a contracting-out certificate</term>
” and a certificate under paragraph (b) as “
<term refersTo="#term-an-appropriate-scheme-certificate" eId="term-an-appropriate-scheme-certificate">an appropriate scheme certificate</term>
”.
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>The regulations shall provide for contracting-out certificates to be issued to employers and to specify—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the employments which are to be treated, either generally or in relation to any specified description of earners, as contracted-out employments; and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-3-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the occupational pension schemes by reference to which those employments are to be so treated.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>An occupational pension scheme is a contracted-out scheme in relation to an earner’s employment if it is for the time being specified in a contracting-out certificate in relation to that employment; and references in this Act to the contracting-out of a scheme are references to its inclusion in such a certificate.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>A personal pension scheme is an appropriate scheme if there is in force an appropriate scheme certificate issued by the Board in accordance with this Chapter that it is such a scheme.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>An appropriate scheme certificate for the time being in force in relation to a scheme shall be conclusive that the scheme is an appropriate scheme.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>Regulations shall provide that any question whether a personal pension scheme is or at any time was an appropriate scheme shall be determined by the Board.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-3-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<content>
<p>Except in prescribed circumstances, no contracting-out certificate or appropriate scheme certificate shall have effect from a date earlier than that on which the certificate is issued.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</hcontainer>
</chapter>
</part>
</body>
</act>
</akomaNtoso>