1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding up, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005.
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 6th April 2005 except for paragraph 4 of the Schedule which shall come into operation on 6th April 2006.
(3) Regulations 3 to 13 do not apply in the case of any scheme which –
(a)was regarded by virtue of regulation 2 of the Winding Up Regulations as having begun to be wound up before 6th April 2005 for the purposes of those Regulations; or
(b)in accordance with Article 121(4) to (8) of the 1995 Order began to wind up before that date.