The Occupational Pension Schemes (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures) (Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Transitional provisions

5.—(1) Any disagreement which was ongoing before 6th April 2008 under arrangements made and implemented under Article 50(1) shall continue until the procedure under those arrangements comes to an end, as if the relevant legislative provisions governing those arrangements were still in operation.

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1) the relevant legislative provisions are—

(a) Article 50 as it was in operation immediately before 6th April 2008, and

(b) the Occupational Pension Schemes (Internal Dispute Resolution Procedures) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996(1).

(3) In the case of any relevant application, regulation 3 of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Pensions Ombudsman) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997(2) (exclusion from jurisdiction: use of internal disputes procedure) shall apply as it had effect before 6th April 2008.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3), “relevant application” means an application concerning a complaint or dispute made—

(a) to an occupational pension scheme under the arrangements required by Article 50, and

(b) before 6th April 2008.

(1)

S.R. 1996 No. 203 as amended by S.R. 1999 No. 486 and S.R. 2005 No. 536

(2)

S.R. 1997 No. 39