The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Miscellaneous and supplementary

Minor and consequential amendments

290.—(1) Schedule 10 (which makes minor and consequential amendments) has effect.

(2) The Department may by order make provision consequential on this Order or the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35) amending, repealing or revoking (with or without savings) any statutory provision.

Repeals

291.  The statutory provisions specified in Schedule 11 are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the second column of that Schedule.

Transitional adaptations etc.: section 322(1) of the Pensions Act 2004

292.  The Department may by order—

(a) make transitional adaptations or modifications, in connection with any provisions brought into force by an order under section 322(1) of the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35), of any provision of Parts II to VII of this Order, the Pension Schemes Act, the 1995 Order, Parts II, III or V of the 1999 Order or Chapter 2 of Part II of the 2000 Act; or

(b) save the effect of any of the repealed provisions of any of those statutory provisions, or those provisions as adapted or modified by the order,

as it appears to the Department expedient, including different adaptations or modifications for different periods.

Power to make further provision in connection with civil partnership

293.  An order under section 259 of the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33) may amend or repeal any provision contained in this Order notwithstanding anything in subsection (3)(b) of that section.

Pre-consolidation amendments

294.  The Department may by order make such modifications of—

(a) this Order,

(b) the Pension Schemes Act,

(c) the 1995 Order,

(d) Parts II to V of the 1999 Order, and

(e) Chapter 2 of Part II of the 2000 Act,

as in its opinion facilitate, or are otherwise desirable in connection with, the consolidation of those statutory provisions or any of them.