PART 1General

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation—

a

for the purposes of this Part and Article 7 of Part 2, immediately before 6th April 2012;

b

for the purposes of the other provisions of Part 2, on 6th April 2012;

c

for the purposes of Part 3, on 6th April 2013, and

d

for the purposes of Part 4, on 6th April 2015.