Consultation
14.Prior to the making of the Order, there was a UK-wide consultation on the following documents: the Green Paper, Simplicity, security and choice: Working and saving for retirement [Cm 5677]; and, the Action Plan, Working and saving for retirement: Action on occupational pensions [Cm 5835], issued in Northern Ireland by the Department. The responses were taken into account when developing the provisions of the Act and the Order.