2009 No. 22 (C. 1)
The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made
The Department for Social Development makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 118(1) of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 20081.
Citation and interpretation1
1
This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2009.
2
In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of, or Schedule to, the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 bearing that number.
Commencement of provisions2
1
The following provisions shall come into operation on 26th January 2009—
a
section 61 (disclosure of tax information etc.);
b
section 62 (penalty for disclosure);
c
section 106 (appointment of trustees); and
d
section 107 (intervention by Regulator where scheme’s technical provisions improperly determined).
2
The following provisions shall come into operation on 6th April 2009—
a
section 79 (abolition of safeguarded rights);
b
section 105 (payments to employers);
c
Parts 1 and 3 of Schedule 1 (revaluation of accrued benefits etc.) and section 80 in so far as it relates to those Parts; and
d
in Schedule 10 (repeals), Part 2 and in Part 5 the repeal relating to Article 54(3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 19952 and section 116 in so far as it relates to those repeals.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 23rd January 2009
(This note is not part of the Order)