The Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (General) (Appointed Day, Amendment and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2024 No. 132

Pensions

The Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (General) (Appointed Day, Amendment and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024

Made

13th June 2024

The Department for Communities(1) makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by Article 86(7) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005(2).

Citation N.I.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (General) (Appointed Day, Amendment and Revocations) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 1 in operation at 13.6.2024

Appointed day N.I.

2.  The day appointed for the purposes of Article 86(7) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (procedure for issue and publication of codes of practice) for the coming into operation of the Pensions Regulator General code of practice is 5th July 2024.

Commencement Information

I2 Art. 2 in operation at 13.6.2024

Amendment of the Pensions (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 3, Appointed Day, Transitional Provisions and Amendment) Order N.I.

3.  In Article 2 of the Pensions (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 3, Appointed Day, Transitional Provisions and Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005(3) omit paragraph (1) with effect from 5th July 2024.

Commencement Information

I3 Art. 3 in operation at 13.6.2024

Revocation of earlier Orders N.I.

4.  The following Orders are revoked with effect from 5th July 2024—

(a) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Codes of Practice) (Early Leavers, Late Payment of Contributions and Trustee Knowledge and Understanding) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006(4);

(b) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Codes of Practice) (Member-nominated Trustees and Directors and Internal Controls) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2006(5);

(c) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (Dispute Resolution) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2008(6);

(d) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (Trustee Knowledge and Understanding) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009(7);

(e) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Codes of Practice) (Reporting Late Payment of Contributions) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013(8);

(f) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (Governance and Administration of Occupational Defined Contribution Trust-based Pension Schemes) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2013(9);

(g) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (Governance and Administration of Public Service Pension Schemes) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015(10);

(h) the Pensions (2005 Order) (Code of Practice) (Governance and Administration of Occupational Trust-based Schemes Providing Money Purchase Benefits) (Appointed Day) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016(11).

Commencement Information

I4 Art. 4 in operation at 13.6.2024

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 13th June 2024

(L.S.)

David Tarr

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints the day for the purposes of Article 86(7) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 for the coming into operation of the Pensions Regulator General code of practice as 5th July 2024. The General code of practice consolidates ten existing codes of practice and provides guidance to those running occupational, personal, and public service pension schemes.

The General code of practice is available on the Pensions Regulator’s website: https://www.thepensionsregulator.gov.uk/en/document-library. Copies may be obtained by post from the Pensions Regulator, Telecom House, 125-135 Preston Road, Brighton, BN1 6AF.

Article 3 of this Order amends Article 2 of the Pensions (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 3, Appointed Day, Transitional Provisions and Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 by omitting paragraph (1) of that Article, which brought into effect the Pensions Regulator Code of Practice No. 1: Reporting breaches of the law. That code of practice is revoked with effect from 5th July 2024, under the Pensions (2005 Order) (Codes of Practice) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024 No. 131) (“the 2024 Revocation Order”).

Article 4 of the Order revokes the eight Appointed Day Orders which brought into effect a number of other codes of practice issued by the Pensions Regulator, which have also been revoked by the 2024 Revocation Order.

(1)

See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

(2)

S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)

(3)

S.R. 2005 No. 192 (C. 14)

(4)

S.R. 2006 No. 231

(5)

S.R. 2006 No. 460

(6)

S.R. 2008 No. 305

(7)

S.R. 2009 No. 374

(8)

S.R. 2013 No. 222

(9)

S.R. 2013 No. 263

(10)

S.R. 2015 No. 118

(11)

S.R. 2016 No. 330