Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Pensions
Made
6th June 2019
Coming into operation in accordance with regulation 1
The Department for Communities, being a Department designated(1) for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972(2) in relation to personal and occupational pensions, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by that section, sections 109(1), (6) and (7), 177(2) to (4) and 178(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(3) and Articles 35(4), 36(1), (1A)(a) and (9) and 166(1) to (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(4), and now vested in it(5).
See Schedule 2 to the European Communities (Designation) (No. 7) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/3328)
1972 c. 68; section 2(2) was amended by section 27(1)(a) of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c. 51) and Part 1 of the Schedule to the European Union (Amendment) Act 2008 (c. 7)
1993 c. 49; section 109(1) was amended by section 48(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)); section 109(6) and (7) was inserted by section 43 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5 (N.I.)); section 178(1) was amended by Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))
S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); Article 35 was substituted by Article 221 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)); Article 36(1) and (1A) was substituted for Article 36(1) by Article 222(2) of that Order; Article 36(9) was added by Article 222(6) of that Order
See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))