SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 13ABOLOTION OF CONTRACTING-OUT FOR SALARY RELATED SCHEMES
PART 2OTHER STATUTORY PROVISIONS: AMENDMENTS
The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22)
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1
Article 51 (annual increase in rate of pension) is amended as follows.
2
For “the appointed day”
(in each place) substitute “
6 April 1997
”
.
3
For paragraph (8) substitute—
8
An occupational pension scheme is a “relevant occupational pension scheme” if—
a
it has not, at any time on or after 6 April 1997, been a salary related contracted-out scheme (see section 3B of the Pension Schemes Act), or
b
it has, at any time on or after 6 April 1997, been a salary related contracted-out scheme but no person is entitled to receive, or has accrued rights to, benefits under the scheme attributable to a period on or after that day when it was such a scheme.