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SCHEDULE 2N.I.Amendments of provisions of Regulations relating to contracted-out occupational and appropriate personal pension schemes, extending those provisions to surviving civil partners

PART 1N.I.

Amendment of the Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Abatement of Benefit) RegulationsN.I.

1.  The Personal and Occupational Pension Schemes (Abatement of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987(1) are amended in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 1 in operation at 5.12.2005, see art. 1(3)

2.  In regulation 3(2) (guaranteed minimum pension to which earner’s widow or widower is treated as entitled after minimum contributions have been paid)—

(a)in the heading for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”;

(b)for “widow or widower”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”, and

(c)in paragraph (2) after “widower” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner”.

Commencement Information

I2Sch. 2 para. 2 in operation at 5.12.2005, see art. 1(3)

3.  In regulation 5(3) (guaranteed minimum pension to which earner’s widow or widower is treated as entitled after minimum payments have been made)—

(a)in the heading for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”;

(b)for “widow or widower”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”, and

(c)in paragraph (2) after “widower” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner”.

Commencement Information

I3Sch. 2 para. 3 in operation at 5.12.2005, see art. 1(3)

(2)

Regulation 3 was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1994 No. 300 and regulation 4(2) of S.R. 1996 No. 95

(3)

Regulation 5 was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 2 to S.R. 1994 No. 300 and regulation 4(3) of S.R. 1996 No. 95