Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Validation of Rule Alterations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998 and shall come into operation on 26th August 1998.
(2) In these Regulations—
“Board” means the Occupational Pensions Board established under section 66 of the Social Security Act 1973(1) and dissolved by section 150(1) of the Pensions Act 1995(2), and
“contracted-out scheme” includes a scheme which has ceased to be contracted-out so long as any person is entitled to receive, or has accrued rights to, any benefits under the scheme attributable to a period when the scheme was contracted-out.
(3) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954(3) shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to a Measure of the Assembly.
1973 c. 38; section 66 was repealed by Part I of Schedule 5 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48), but the Occupational Pensions Board continued by virtue of section 2 of that Act