PART 2Amendments coming into operation immediately before, or on, 6th April 2012
Amendment of the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations13.
(1)
The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199660 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2)
In regulation 1(2) (interpretation)—
(a)
after the definition of “the 1993 Act” insert—
““abolition date” means the day appointed for the commencement of section 13(1) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;”;
(b)
in the definition of “section 5(2B) rights”61 at the end of paragraph (b)(ii) add “where that transfer payment was made before the abolition date”.
(3)
In regulation 13A62 (modification of section 8C where transfer payments are made to salary related contracted-out schemes) at the end of paragraph (b) add “where that transfer payment was made before the abolition date”.