SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7U.K. Consequential Amendments

The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)N.I.

42N.I.In section 167(1) of that Act—

(a)the following definitions shall be inserted at the appropriate place—

  • money purchase contracted-out scheme” has the same meaning as in section 4(1)(a)(ii) of the Pensions Act; and

pensionable age” has the same meaning as in section 121 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;

(b)in the definition of “occupational pension scheme”, for the words “Article 2(2) of the Pensions Order” there shall be substituted the words “ section 1 of the Pensions Act ”;

(c)before the definition of “the Pensions Order”, there shall be inserted—

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

(d)in the definition of “personal pension scheme”, for the words “Article 2(2) of the 1986 Order” there shall be substituted the words “ section 1 of the Pensions Act ” and at the end of that definition there shall be added the words “ and “appropriate”, in relation to such a scheme, shall be construed in accordance with section 3 of that Act ”.