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.
S.R. 1996 No. 621; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1999 No. 486 and S.R. 2000 No. 335