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The Divorce etc. (Pension Protection Fund) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006

Family law

Families

Pensions

Benefits

Government Printer for Northern Ireland

2018-02-21

FAMILY LAW

PENSIONS

These Regulations provide for—modification of Part III of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978 (S.I. 1978/1045 (N.I.15)) (“the Order”) to allow for cases where a pension attachment order has been made and the Board of the Pension Protection Fund (“the Board”) becomes involved with the pension arrangement in question;modification of orders including provision made by virtue of Article 27B(7) of the Order (order requiring a party to exercise a right of commutation) to enable the order to be enforced in respect of compensation paid by the Board;modification of Part III of the Order to allow the court to exercise certain of its powers on an application to vary or an appeal in relation to a pension attachment or a pension sharing order notwithstanding the fact that the Board has assumed responsibility for the pension arrangement in question;modification of the Divorce etc. (Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000 (S.R. 2000 No. 210) to provide for notices of change of circumstances in relation to pension attachment orders to be given to the Board where appropriate and for the Board to be discharged from liability in circumstances where payments cannot be made to the correct party or are made in error due to lack of or incorrect information.