Overriding effect of certain 1989 Order amendments
14.—(1) In paragraph 16 of Schedule 6 to the 1989 Order (which made minor amendments to the requirements specified in Schedule 1 to the 1986 Order which appropriate schemes must satisfy), after sub-paragraph (2) add the following sub-paragraph—
“(3) If immediately before the commencement of paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 there is in force in relation to an occupational or personal pension scheme either—
(a)a contracting-out certificate under Part IV of the Pensions Order which states that the scheme is contracted-out by virtue of Article 34(2A), or
(b)an appropriate scheme certificate under Part II of the 1986 Order,
then, to the extent that the rules of the scheme are inconsistent with any provision made by sub-paragraph (1) or (2), they shall be overridden by that provision.”.
(2) In paragraph 17 of Schedule 6 to the 1989 Order (amendments relating to the manner of giving effect to protected rights), after sub-paragraph (3) add the following sub-paragraph—
“(4) If immediately before the commencement of paragraph 14(2) of Schedule 4 to the Social Security (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 there is in force in relation to an occupational or personal pension scheme either—
(a)a contracting-out certificate under Part IV of the Pensions Order which states that the scheme is contracted-out by virtue of Article 34(2A), or
(b)an appropriate scheme certificate under Part II of the 1986 Order,
then, to the extent that the rules of the scheme are inconsistent with any provision made by sub-paragraphs (1) to (3), they shall be overridden by that provision.”.