Commencement of provisions2.

The following provisions of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 shall come into operation on 3rd January 2012—

(a)

section 49 (monitoring of employers’ payments to personal pension schemes) in so far as it relates to the powers to make regulations under section 107A of the Pension Schemes Act2, for the purposes only of making regulations;

(b)

section 83 (additional State Pension etc.: minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in paragraph (c), and

(c)

in Schedule 3 (additional State Pension etc.: minor and consequential amendments)—

(i)

paragraph 1 in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in sub-paragraphs (ii) to (xii) of this paragraph;

(ii)

paragraphs 2 and 3;

(iii)

paragraph 4(1) in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (iv) of this paragraph;

(iv)

paragraph 4(2) and (3), except for sub-paragraphs (2)(b) and (3)(b) in so far as they relate to Schedule 4C to the Contributions and Benefits Act3 (additional pension consolidation);

(v)

paragraph 5;

(vi)

paragraph 6(1) in so far as it relates to paragraph 6(2);

(vii)

paragraph 6(2);

(viii)

paragraph 7, except for sub-paragraph (a);

(ix)

paragraph 8, except for sub-paragraph (a);

(x)

paragraph 9(1) in so far as it relates to the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (xi) of this paragraph;

(xi)

paragraph 9(2) and (3), except for sub-paragraph (2)(c), and

(xii)

paragraphs 11 and 12.