Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)

Part XI N.I. General and Miscellaneous Provisions

Avoidance of certain transactions and provisions N.I.

155 Inalienability of guaranteed minimum pension F1 .... N.I.

(1) Where—

(a) a person is entitled or prospectively entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension under an occupational pension scheme F2 ...; and

(b) his entitlement is in respect of his or another person’s service in employment which was contracted-out by reference to that scheme;

then—

(i) every assignment of or charge on that pension F3 ..., and

(ii) every agreement to assign or charge that pension F3 ...,

shall be void.

(2) In subsection (1), the references to assignments of and agreements to assign a guaranteed minimum pension do not include references to any assignment of or agreement to assign a policy of insurance or annuity contract in accordance with conditions prescribed by regulations under section 15(4)(b).

(3) Subsection (1) has effect whether or not the assignment, charge or agreement was made at a time when the employment was contracted-out employment or the scheme was a contracted-out scheme in relation to the employment.

F4 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

[F5 [F6 (4A) Where a person is entitled or prospectively entitled as is mentioned in subsection (1), no order shall be made by any court or the Enforcement of Judgments Office the effect of which would be that he would be restrained from receiving anything the assignment of which is or would be made void by that subsection.]

(4B) Subsection (4A) does not prevent the making of an attachment of earnings order under the Judgments Enforcement (Northern Ireland) Order 1981.]

F7 (5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 155 heading omitted (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 4(18)(a)

F2 Words in s. 155(1)(a) omitted (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 4(18)(b)

F3 Words in s. 155(1)(i)(ii) omitted (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 4(18)(c)

F4 S. 155(4) omitted (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 4(18)(d)

F5 S. 155(4A)(4B) inserted (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 119, Sch. 1 para. 33 (with art. 118(5)(6)); S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)

F6 S. 155(4A) substituted (6.4.2012) by The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 4(18)(e)

F7 S. 155(5) repealed (6.4.2002) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 76, Sch. 10 Pt. I (with transitional provisions in art. 75(2)); S.R. 2002/25, art. 2(d)(i)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 155 excluded (1.12.1999 for certain purposes and 6.4.2002 otherwise) by S.I. 1989/19 (N.I.), art. 315C(2)(a) (as amended (1.12.1999 for certain purposes and 6.4.2002 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), arts. 1(5)(a), 15 (with transitional provisions in art. 75(1))); S.R. 2002/25, art. 2(a)

C2 S. 155 excluded (24.2.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 273(5)(a), 458(1); S.I. 2003/120, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3 4) (as amended (20.2.2003) by S.I. 2003/333, art. 14)

C3 S. 155 excluded (24.2.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), ss. 277(8), 458(1); S.I. 2003/120, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3 4) (as amended (20.2.2003) by S.I. 2003/333, art. 14)

C4 S. 155 excluded (1.1.2006) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3181), arts. 1, 184

C5 S. 155(4) excluded (1.8.1996) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 162(5)(a); S.R. 1996/284, art. 3(b)

S. 155(4) excluded (1.12.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.12.20000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), arts. 1(5)(a), 41(a); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. IV

C6 S. 155(4A) excluded (1.8.1996) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 162(5)(a); S.R. 1996/284, art. 3(b)

S. 155(4A) excluded (1.12.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.12.2000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), arts. 1(5)(a), 41(a); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. IV