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Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, Section 96C is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 April 2024. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 96C:
- specified provision(s) amendment to savings in S.R. 2016/106 for effects of 2015 c. 5 (N.I.), Sch. 13 by S.R. 2016/162 art. 5
- specified provision(s) savings for effects of 2015 c. 5 (N.I.), Sch. 13 by S.R. 2016/106 art. 2
Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:
- Act power to modify conferred by S.I. 2005/255 (N.I.) art. 281(3)(a)(i)
Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):
- s. 21A inserted by 2008 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 4 para. 9 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 4 para. 9 together with the inserted s. 21A were repealed (6.4.2012) by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.), ss. 85(2)(b), 118(1), Sch. 10 Pt. 3 (with s. 73); S.R. 2012/119, art. 2(a)(c))
- s. 21A repealed by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.) s. 85(2)(b) Sch. 10 Pt. 3 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 4 para. 9 together with the inserted s. 21A were repealed (6.4.2012) by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.), ss. 85(2)(b), 118(1), Sch. 10 Pt. 3 (with s. 73); S.R. 2012/119, art. 2(a)(c))
- s. 23A inserted by 2008 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 4 para. 10 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 4 para. 10 together with the inserted s. 23A were repealed (6.4.2012) by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.), ss. 85(2)(b), 118(1), Sch. 10 Pt. 3 (with s. 73); S.R. 2012/119, art. 2(a)(c))
- s. 23A repealed by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.) s. 85(2)(b) Sch. 10 Pt. 3 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 4 para. 10 together with the inserted s. 23A were repealed (6.4.2012) by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.), ss. 85(2)(b), 118(1), Sch. 10 Pt. 3 (with s. 73); S.R. 2012/119, art. 2(a)(c))
- s. 42(1A) (1B) inserted by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.) s. 82(2)
- s. 42(1A) words substituted by 2012 c. 3 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 7
- s. 42A inserted by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.) s. 82(3)
- s. 42A repealed by 2015 c. 5 (N.I.) Sch. 12 para. 79
- s. 42A heading words substituted by 2012 c. 3 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 8(b)
- s. 42A(1)(c) words substituted by 2012 c. 3 (N.I.) Sch. 3 para. 8(a)
- s. 67(1A) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 39(2)(b)
- s. 78A inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 2
- s. 79(1A)-(1AC) substituted for s. 79(1A) by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 3
- s. 80-80F substituted for s. 80 by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 4
- s. 81A inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 5
- s. 82A 82B inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 6
- s. 90(2A)(a)(viii) inserted by 2015 c. 5 (N.I.) Sch. 17 para. 19(2)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 90 already substituted (3.3.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(b)(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 54 (with s. 87))
- s. 90(2A)(a)(ix) inserted by 2015 c. 5 (N.I.) Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(a) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 90 already substituted (3.3.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(b)(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 54 (with s. 87))
- s. 90(2A)(b)(vi) inserted by 2015 c. 5 (N.I.) Sch. 17 para. 19(2)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 90 already substituted (3.3.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(b)(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 54 (with s. 87))
- s. 90(2A)(b)(vii) inserted by 2015 c. 5 (N.I.) Sch. 18 para. 9(2)(b) (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. S. 90 already substituted (3.3.2015 for specified purposes, 6.4.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(1)(b)(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 54 (with s. 87))
- s. 97AI(7)(a)(x) inserted by 2015 c. 5 (N.I.) Sch. 17 para. 19(4)(a)
- s. 97AI(7)(b)(viii) inserted by 2015 c. 5 (N.I.) Sch. 17 para. 19(4)(b)
- s. 109(4)(4A) substituted for s. 109(4) by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 38(5)
- s. 141(4)(5) added by S.I. 2005/255 (N.I.) art. 251
- s. 142(6A) inserted by S.I. 2005/255 (N.I.) Sch. 10 para. 19(b)
- s. 170A inserted by 2008 c. 13 (N.I.) Sch. 9 para. 1
- s. 172(2)(b)(ii)-(ix) substituted for s. 172(2)(b)(ii) by 2008 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 4 para. 33 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. Sch. 4 para. 33 repealed immediately before the "abolition date" (see 2008 c. 1 (N.I.), s. 13) by S.R. 2012/124, art. 7(2))
- Sch. 2 para. A1 inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 8
- Sch. 2 para. 3A omitted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 1 para. 9
[F196CMeaning of “normal pension age” in this ChapterN.I.
(1)In this Chapter “normal pension age”, in relation to a category of benefits under a pension scheme, means—
(a)in a case where the scheme is an occupational pension scheme and those benefits consist only of a guaranteed minimum pension, the earliest age at which the member is entitled to receive the guaranteed minimum pension on retirement from any employment to which the scheme applies,
(b)in any other case where the scheme is an occupational pension scheme and the scheme provides for the member to become entitled to receive any of those benefits at a particular age on retirement from any employment to which the scheme applies, the earliest age at which the member becomes entitled to receive any of the benefits, and
(c)in a case not falling within paragraph (a) or (b), normal minimum pension age as defined by section 279(1) of the Finance Act 2004.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) any scheme rule making special provision as to early retirement on grounds of ill-health or otherwise is to be disregarded.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 96A-96D inserted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 60 (with s. 87)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1: power to modify conferred (11.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.8.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(1)(3)(a), Sch. 5 para. 1(6)(a); S.R. 2022/197, art. 3(a)
C2Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 excluded (1.8.2022) by S.R. 1996/619, reg. 2A (as inserted by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Modifications and Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/192), regs. 1(1), 3(3))
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