SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 3Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13)

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In section 31 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (effect of freezing order or assessment period: qualifying schemes)—

(a)

in subsection (3), in the definition of “freezing event”, at the end add—“, or

(d)

the making of a pause order under section 31 of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021;”;

(b)

in subsection (3), in the definition of “relevant provision”, at the end add—

“(d)

in relation to a pause order, provision contained in the order or the provision made with respect to the order by section 31 of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021.”;

(c)

in the section heading, for “or assessment period” substitute “, assessment period or pause order”.