The Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999

Transitional provisions

75.—(1) The Department may, for the purposes of or in connection with the coming into operation of any provisions of Parts II and III, by regulations make such transitional adaptations or modifications—

(a) of those provisions, or

(b) in connection with those provisions, of any provisions of—

(i) this Order,

(ii) the Pension Schemes Act, or

(iii) the Pensions Order,

then in operation,

as it considers necessary or expedient.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), Article 76 so far as relating to Part I of Schedule 10, together with that Part of that Schedule, shall be taken to be comprised in Part III of this Order.

(3) No pension sharing order may be made under Article 26A of the Matrimonial Causes Order if the proceedings in which the decree is granted were begun before the day on which Article 18 comes into operation.

(4) Paragraph 4 of Schedule 3 does not have effect if the proceedings in which the decree is granted were begun before the day on which Article 18 comes into operation.

(5) The Department may by regulations make such transitional or consequential provision, or such savings, as it considers necessary or expedient for the purposes of or in connection with—

(a) the coming into operation of any provision of Part VI, or

(b) the operation of any statutory provision repealed or amended by a provision of Part VI during any period when the repeal or amendment is not wholly in operation.

(6) For the purposes of paragraph (5), Article 76 so far as relating to Parts IV and V of Schedule 10, together with those Parts of that Schedule, shall be taken to be comprised in Part VI of this Order.