Employment Equality (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Trustees and managers of occupational pension schemes

11.—(1) It is unlawful, except in relation to rights accrued or benefits payable in respect of periods of service prior to 2nd December 2003, for the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme to discriminate against a member or prospective member of the scheme in carrying out any of their functions in relation to it (including in particular their functions relating to the admission of members to the scheme and the treatment of members of it).

(2) It is unlawful for the trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme, in relation to the scheme, to subject to harassment a member or prospective member of it.

(3) Schedule 1 (occupational pension schemes) shall have effect for the purposes of –

(a) defining terms used in this regulation and in that Schedule;

(b) treating every occupational pension scheme as including a non-discrimination rule;

(c) giving trustees or managers of an occupational pension scheme power to alter the scheme so as to secure conformity with the non-discrimination rule;

(d) making provision in relation to the procedures, and remedies which may be granted, on certain complaints relating to occupational pension schemes presented to an industrial tribunal under regulation 34 (jurisdiction of industrial tribunals).