Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Pensions
Made
28th October 2022
The Department for Communities makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 131(2) and (4) of the Pension Schemes Act 2021(1).
1. This Order may be cited as the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (Commencement No. 6) Order (Northern Ireland) 2022.
Commencement Information
I1Art. 1 in operation at made date
2. The day appointed for the coming into operation of section 120 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (pensions dashboards: Northern Ireland), in so far as they are not already in operation(2), is 31st October 2022.
Commencement Information
I2Art. 2 in operation at made date
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 28th October 2022
(L.S.)
Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation section 120 of, and Schedule 9 to, the Pension Schemes Act 2021, in so far as they are not already in operation, on 31st October 2022.
Schedule 9 to the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (pensions dashboards: Northern Ireland)—
inserts Articles 215A (qualifying pensions dashboard service), 215B (qualifying pension dashboard service: further provision) and 215C (Articles 215A and 215B: interpretation) into the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)) (“the 2005 Order”) which, amongst other things, confer powers on the Department for Communities to make regulations to support the provision of pensions information to individuals by means of a pensions dashboard service;
inserts Articles 215D (information from occupational pension schemes), 215E (information from occupational pension schemes: further provision), 215F (Articles 215D and 215E: interpretation) and 215G (compliance) into the 2005 Order to make further provision relating to the giving of pensions information to individuals via certain pensions dashboard services and any pensions dashboard service provided for or on behalf of the Money and Pensions Service;
adds further powers to the list in Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the 2005 Order (delegation) of the Pensions Regulator’s powers in relation to which the Department for Communities can make regulations.
(This note is not part of the Order)
The following provisions of the Pension Schemes Act 2021 have been brought into operation by earlier commencement orders as from the dates shown.
| Provision | Date of Commencement | S.R. No. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Part 2 | (partially) | 1st August 2022 | 2022 No. 197 (C. 22) |
| Section 99 | (partially) | 29th April 2022 | 2022 No. 173 (C. 19) |
| Section 117 | (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 240 (C. 8) |
| (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 271 (C. 11) | |
| (partially) | 28th July 2022 | 2022 No. 197 (C. 22) | |
| (partially) | 1st August 2022 | 2022 No. 197 (C. 22) | |
| Section 129 | (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 240 (C. 8) |
| (partially) | 29th September 2021 | 2021 No. 271 (C. 11) | |
| (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 271 (C. 11) | |
| (partially) | 30th November 2021 | 2021 No. 300 (C. 12) | |
| (partially) | 1st August 2022 | 2022 No. 197 (C. 22) | |
| Schedule 6 | (partially) | 29th April 2022 | 2022 No. 173 (C. 19) |
| Schedule 8 | (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 240 (C. 8) |
| (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 271 (C. 11) | |
| (partially) | 28th July 2022 | 2022 No. 197 (C. 22) | |
| (partially) | 1st August 2022 | 2022 No. 197 (C. 22) | |
| Schedule 11 | (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 240 (C. 8) |
| (partially) | 29th September 2021 | 2021 No. 271 (C. 11) | |
| (partially) | 1st October 2021 | 2021 No. 271 (C. 11) | |
| (partially) | 30th November 2021 | 2021 No. 300 (C. 12) | |
| (partially) | 1st August 2022 | 2022 No. 197 (C. 22) | |
See section 131(3)(a) of the Pension Schemes Act 2021