The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995

30.  In section 30 (cancellation, etc., of certificates)—

(a) for subsection (1)(a) substitute—

“(a) in the case of a contracting-out certificate—

(i) on any change of circumstances affecting the treatment of an employment as contracted-out employment or

(ii) where the scheme is a salary related contracted-out scheme and the certificate was issued on or after the principal appointed day, if any employer of persons in the description or category of employment to which the scheme in question relates, or the actuary of the scheme, fails to provide the Department, at prescribed intervals, with such documents as may be prescribed for the purpose of verifying that the conditions of section 5(2B) are satisfied; and”

(b) omit subsection (6), and

(c) for subsection (7) substitute—

“(4) Without prejudice to the preceding provisions of this section, failure of a scheme to comply with any requirements prescribed by virtue of section 21(2) shall be a ground on which the Department may, in respect of any employment to which the scheme relates, cancel a contracting-out certificate.”.