Citation, commencement and interpretationI11
1
This Order may be cited as the Civil Partnership (Contracted-out Occupational and Appropriate Personal Pension Schemes) (Surviving Civil Partners) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.
2
In this Order—
a
paragraphs 5 and 8 of Schedule 1 shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 17(1) of the Pension Schemes Act3 (commutation, surrender and forfeiture);
b
paragraph 10 of Schedule 1 shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 24(5) of the Pension Schemes Act4 (ways of giving effect to protected rights), and
c
paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 shall come into operation, for the purposes only of making regulations under section 24A(5)(a) of the Pension Schemes Act5 (requirements for interim arrangements),
on 10th November 2005.
3
Subject to paragraph (2), this Order shall come into operation on 5th December 2005.
4
In this Order “the Pension Schemes Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 19936.