The Civil Partnership (Contracted-out Occupational and Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) (Surviving Civil Partners) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005

Prospective

Yn ddilys o 05/12/2005

Citation, commencement and interpretationN.I.

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Contracted-out Occupational and Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) (Surviving Civil Partners) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.

(2) In this Order—

(a)paragraphs 5 and 8 of Schedule 1 shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 17(1) of the Pension Schemes Act(1) (commutation, surrender and forfeiture);

(b)paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 24(5) of the Pension Schemes Act(2) (ways of giving effect to protected rights), and

(c)paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 24A(5)(a) of the Pension Schemes Act(3) (requirements for interim arrangements),

on 10th November 2005.

(3) Subject to paragraph (2), this Order shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.

(4) In this Order “the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(4).

Commencement Information

I1Art. 1 in operation at 5.12.2005, see art. 1(3)

Yn ddilys o 05/12/2005

Amendment of legislationN.I.

2.—(1) Schedule 1, which contains amendments of provisions of the Pension Schemes Act which relate to contracted-out occupational and appropriate personal pension schemes, extending those provisions to surviving civil partners, shall have effect.

(2) Schedule 2, which contains amendments of provisions of Regulations which relate to contracted-out occupational and appropriate personal pension schemes, extending those provisions to surviving civil partners, shall have effect.

Commencement Information

I2Art. 2 in operation at 5.12.2005, see art. 1(3)

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th September 2005.

L.S.

John O'Neill

A senior officer of the

Department for Social Development