Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008

State pensions etc. N.I.

Prospective

Consolidation of additional pension N.I.

F1 81  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 81 never in operation, repealed (16.7.2015) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 81(a); S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(1)(k)

Prospective

Effect of entitlement to guaranteed minimum pension N.I.

F2 82  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F2 S. 82 repealed (16.7.2015) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 81(a); S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(1)(k)

Additional State Pension etc.: minor and consequential amendments N.I.

83  Schedule 3 (Additional State Pension etc.: minor and consequential amendments) has effect.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 83 in operation at 3.1.2012 for specified purposes by S.R. 2011/441, art. 2(b)

State pension credit: extension of assessed income period for those aged 75 or over N.I.

F3 84  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F3 S. 84(6) repealed (24.6.2015 and is to be treated as never having had effect) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), ss. 28(1), 53(2)(b)

Contracting-out: abolition of all protected rights N.I.

85—(1) As from the contracting-out abolition date, pension schemes are not required to make special provision in relation to the protected rights of members.

(2) Accordingly—

(a) the provisions of the Pension Schemes Act within subsection (3) cease to have effect as from that date, and

(b) sections 21A, 23A and 28A of the Pension Schemes Act (as inserted by paragraphs 9, 10 and 12 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1)) are not to have any effect as from that date (in spite of section 13(4) of that Act of 2008).

(3) The provisions of the Pension Schemes Act within this subsection are—

(a) section 6 (protected rights and money purchase benefits),

(b) section 22 (persons who may establish scheme),

(c) section 23 (identification and valuation of protected rights),

(d) section 26 (securing of liability for protected rights),

(e) section 28 (suspension or forfeiture), and

(f) section 29A (appropriate schemes: “blowing the whistle”).

(4) In this section—

“the contracting-out abolition date” means the day appointed under section 21 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 for the coming into operation of section 13(1) of that Act (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes), and

“protected rights” has the same meaning as in the Pension Schemes Act (see section 6 of that Act).

Commencement Information

I2 S. 85 in operation at 6.4.2012 by S.R. 2012/119, art. 2(a)