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An Act to consolidate for Northern Ireland certain enactments relating to pension schemes, with corrections and minor improvements under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.
[5th November 1993]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
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E1This Act extends to Northern Ireland only except for certain amendments in Sch. 7 which have the same extent as the provisions amended; see s. 186(5)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Act: Power to amend conferred (2.12.1999) by 1998 c. 47, s. 87 (with s. 95); S.I. 1999/3209, art. 2, Sch.
C2Act: Power to modify conferred (1.6.1996 for specified purposes and otherwise prosp.) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 146(2); S.R. 1996/91, art. 2(f)
Act: Power to modify conferred (temp.) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(c)(3), 14(1)(2)(b)
C3Act modified (16.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1(3), 123, Sch. 2 Pt. I para. 1
C4Certain provisions of this Act are affected by the transitory modifications in Sch. 8 paras. 2-8: see Sch. 8.
C5Act modified (4.6.1996) by S.R. 1996/188, reg. 3(1)(c)
C6Act: functions transferred (1.12.1999) by S.R. 1999/481, art. 8(b), Sch. 6 Pt. II
Act modified (1.12.2000 for specified purposes, otherwise 1.1.2001) by 2000 c. 4 (N.I), s. 38(7) (with s. 66(6)); S.R. 2000/374, art. 2(b)
Act modified (29.7.2002) by 2001 c. 14, s. 39(1) (with s. 42); S.R. 2002/253, art. 2
C7Act: power to modify conferred (17.2.2005) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), art. 1(6)(a)(ii) (with art. 285(5))
C8Act: power to modify conferred (25.2.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 17(4) (with art. 285(5)); S.R. 2005/48, art. 2(4)(a)(b), Sch. Pt. 4
C9Act: transfer of functions (6.4.2005) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 6(1)(a) (with art. 285(5)); S.R. 2005/48, art. 2(7), Sch. Pt. 7
C10Act: power to modify conferred (1.7.2005) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 292(a); S.R. 2005/321, art. 2(10)
C11Act: power to modify conferred by S.I. 1995/3212 (N.I. 22), art. 10(2)(4)
C12Act: power to modify conferred (6.12.2005 for specified purposes, 30.12.2005 for further purposes) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 267(4)(a); S.R. 2005/543, art. 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1
C13Act: power to modify conferred (6.4.2006) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(2), 294(b); S.R. 2006/95, art. 2(c), Sch. Pt. 3
C14Act: power to modify conferred (15.12.2008) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 115(1)(2)(a), 118(2) (with s. 73)
C15Act modified (21.2.2009) by The Banking Act 2009 (Parts 2 and 3 Consequential Amendments) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/317), arts. 1, 3, Sch.
C16Act applied (with modifications) (8.2.2011) by The Investment Bank Special Administration Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/245), reg. 1, Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (with reg. 27(a))
C17Act applied (with modifications) (4.1.2024) by S.I. 2021/716, Sch. 3 paras. 2, 3 (as amended by The Payment and Electronic Money Institution Insolvency (Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1399), regs. 1(2), 21(2)(d)(4))
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