The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 6th April 1997.

(2) In these Regulations—

“the Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;

“administrator” means any person, other than a person responsible for the management of an occupational or a personal pension scheme within the meaning of section 142(3) and (3A) of the Act, concerned with the administration of the scheme;

“actual or potential beneficiaries” has the same meaning as in section 142(7) of the Act;

“complaint” means a complaint falling within section 142(1)(a) or (b) of the Act (complaint of maladministration);

“dispute” means a dispute falling within section 142(1)(c) or (d) of the Act (disputes of fact or law).

(3) In these Regulations any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(1) bearing that number.

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

(1)

S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)

(2)

1954 c. 33 (N.I.)