http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/3213/article/90The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-10-08Expert Participation2026-07-31 PART II<SmallCaps>Occupational Pensions</SmallCaps>Assignment, forfeiture, bankruptcy, <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation>,Forfeiture, etc.901Subject to paragraphs (2) to (6) and Article 91, an entitlement to a pension under an occupational pension scheme or a right to a future pension under such a scheme cannot be forfeited.2Paragraph (1) does not prevent forfeiture by reference to—aa transaction or purported transaction which under Article 89 is of no effect,...Sub-para. (b) rep. by 1999 NI 11whether or not that event occurred before or after the pension became payable.3Where such forfeiture as is mentioned in paragraph (2) occurs, any pension which was, or would but for the forfeiture have become, payable may, if the trustees or managers of the scheme so determine, be paid to all or any of the following—athe member of the scheme to or in respect of whom the pension was, or would have become, payable,bthe spouse, civil partner, widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the member,cany dependant of the member, anddany other person falling within a prescribed class.4Paragraph (1) does not prevent forfeiture by reference to the pensioner, or prospective pensioner, having been convicted of one or more offences—awhich are committed before the pension becomes payable, andbwhich are—ioffences of treason,iioffences under the Official Secrets Acts 1911 to 1989 for which the person has been sentenced on the same occasion to a term of imprisonment of, or to two or more consecutive terms amounting in the aggregate to, at least 10 years, ... iiaoffences under section 18 of, or listed in section 33(3)(a) of, the National Security Act 2023 for which the person has been sentenced on the same occasion to a term of imprisonment of, or to two or more consecutive terms amounting in the aggregate to, at least 10 years, or iiiprescribed offences.5Paragraph (1) does not prevent forfeiture by reference to a failure by any person to make a claim for pension—awhere the forfeiture is in reliance on any enactment relating to the limitation of actions, orbwhere the claim is not made within six years of the date on which the pension becomes due.6Paragraph (1) does not prevent forfeiture in prescribed circumstances.7In this Article and Article 91, references to forfeiture include any manner of deprivation or suspension.1999 NI 111999 NI 11SR 2005/434Art. 90(1) modified (6.4.2016) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Schemes that were Contracted-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/107), regs. 1(a), 10Word in art. 90(4)(b)(ii) omitted (20.12.2023) by virtue of The National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1386), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 17(a)Art. 90(4)(b)(iia) inserted (20.12.2023) by The National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1386), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 17(b)