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.
Amendment of legislationI22
1
Schedule 1, which contains amendments of provisions of the Pension Schemes Act which relate to contracted-out occupational and appropriate personal pension schemes, extending those provisions to surviving civil partners, shall have effect.
2
Schedule 2, which contains amendments of provisions of Regulations which relate to contracted-out occupational and appropriate personal pension schemes, extending those provisions to surviving civil partners, shall have effect.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 29th September 2005.