The Dissolution etc. (Pension Protection Fund) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Variation and appeal of pension sharing or pension attachment orders

4.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) the court makes—

(i) a pension sharing order in respect of a person’s shareable rights under an occupational pension scheme; or

(ii) an order which includes provision made by virtue of paragraph 20(2) or (5) in relation to such a scheme;

(b) the Board subsequently assumes responsibility for the scheme as mentioned in paragraph 32(2); and

(c) the court intends to exercise any of the powers referred to in paragraph 29(2).

(2) Where this regulation applies, the following provisions of Schedule 15 are modified so that they apply as if—

(a) after paragraph 11(1) there were inserted—

“(1A) Where paragraph 29 applies, the reference in sub-paragraph (1)—

(a) to shareable rights under a specified pension arrangement shall include a reference to entitlement to PPF compensation (as defined in paragraph 25(3)); and

(b) to pension sharing shall include a reference to sharing of that compensation.”; and

(b) in paragraph 20(1) to (7)—

(i) a reference to benefits under a pension arrangement includes a reference to entitlement to PPF compensation;

(ii) a reference to the person responsible for the pension arrangement includes a reference to the Board; and

(iii) a reference to the civil partner with pension rights includes a reference to the civil partner entitled to PPF compensation.