Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015

42.—(1) Section 176(1) (general interpretation) is amended as follows.

(2) In the appropriate places insert—

““the first abolition date” has the meaning given by section 3A;”

““the second abolition date” has the meaning given by section 3A;”

““salary related contracted-out scheme” is to be construed in accordance with section 3B;”.

(3) Omit the definition of “abolition date”.

(4) In the definition of “appropriate scheme” and “appropriate scheme certificate”, for “section 176A” substitute “section 3B”.

(5) In the definition of “contracting-out certificate”, for “section 3 and section 176A” substitute “section 3B”.

(6) In the definition of “contributions equivalent premium”, for “has the meaning given in” substitute “means a premium that was paid under”.

(7) In the definition of “earner” and “earnings”, after “in accordance with” insert “section 4(1B) of this Act and”.

(8) In the definition of “money purchase contracted-out scheme”, for “section 176A” substitute “section 3B”.

(9) For the definition of “the principal appointed day” substitute—

““the principal appointed day” means 6 April 1997 (which is the day designated as the principal appointed day for the purposes of Part 4 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995);”.