The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

[F1 Articles 215A and 215B: interpretation N.I.

215C.— (1) This Article applies for the purposes of Articles 215A and 215B.

(2) A reference to state pension information, in relation to an individual, is a reference to the information about that individual specified in—

(a) section 38(7) of the 2000 Act, or

(b) section 42(7) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000.

(3) A reference to the Money and Pensions Service includes a reference to a person with whom arrangements are made under section 5(1), (2) or (3) of the Financial Guidance and Claims Act 2018.

(4) In Articles 215A and 215B—

“additional retirement pension” means—

(a)

any additional pension or shared additional pension under—

(i)

the Contributions and Benefits Act, or

(ii)

the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, or

(b)

any graduated retirement benefit under—

(i)

sections 35 and 36 of the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland) 1966, or

(ii)

sections 36 and 37 of the National Insurance Act 1965;

“basic retirement pension” means any basic pension under—

(a)

the Contributions and Benefits Act, or

(b)

the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992;

“the data protection legislation” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);

“electronic communications service” has the meaning given by section 32 of the Communications Act 2003;

“personal data” has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act);

“state pension” means any state pension under—

(a)

Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015, or

(b)

Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014.]

F1 Arts. 215A-215C and cross-heading inserted (11.2.2021 for specified purposes, 31.10.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(2)(c)(3)(a), Sch. 9 para. 2; S.R. 2022/291, art. 2