1.—(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 Act(1) (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 Act(2) (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 Act(3) (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 1993(4).
1993 c. 49; section 17(1) was substituted by Article 261(1) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1))
Section 24(5) was amended by Article 139(6) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and paragraph 3(4) of Schedule 5 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.))
Section 24A was inserted by Article 140 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995