The Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Citation, commencement, interpretation and application

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 and shall come into operation on 10th May 2004.

(2) In these Regulations –

“the Winding Up Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1);

“the transitional period” has the meaning given in regulation 3(2) of the Winding Up Regulations.

(3) For the purposes of these Regulations the time when a scheme begins to be wound up shall be determined in accordance with regulation 2 of the Winding Up Regulations.

(4) The revocations made by regulation 2 and the amendments of the Winding Up Regulations made by regulation 3 have effect only in relation to occupational pension schemes which begin to be wound up on or after the date on which these Regulations come into operation and before the end of the transitional period.

(5) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(2) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.

Revocations

2.  In relation to such schemes as are mentioned in regulation 1(4) the following regulations are hereby revoked –

(a) regulation 3(5) of the Winding Up Regulations(3);

(b) regulation 4(3) of the Pension Sharing (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000(4),

and accordingly Article 73(3)(c) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 has effect as amended only by Article 35(1) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999(5).

Amendment of the Winding Up Regulations

3.  In relation to such schemes as are mentioned in regulation 1(4), regulation 3 of the Winding Up Regulations(6) (modification of Article 73) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (a) to (d) –

(a) in paragraph (1) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph –

“(b) in the case of a scheme which begins to be wound up on or after 10th May 2004 and before the expiry of the transitional period, subject to the modifications in paragraphs (5A) to (6);”;

(b) after paragraph (4) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

“(5A) In sub-paragraph (d) of Article 73(3) for “(b) and (c)” there shall be substituted “(aa) and (b)”.

(5B) After that sub-paragraph there shall be inserted –

“(e) any liability for increases to pensions referred to in sub-paragraph (c),”.”;

(c) for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(6) In the words following sub-paragraph (e) of Article 73(3) (as inserted by paragraph (5B)) for “sub-paragraphs (b) to (d)” there shall be substituted “sub-paragraphs (aa) to (e)”.”;

(d) for paragraph (8) there shall be substituted the following paragraph –

“(8) In the case of any scheme to which Article 73(3) applies with the modifications mentioned in paragraphs (5A) to (6), regulation 7(3)(b)(iv) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(7) has effect with the substitution for “(d)” of “(e)”.”.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 21st April 2004.

L.S.

John O'Neill

Senior Officer of the

Department for Social Development