Appointed days
2.—(1) The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a)in Part 2 of Schedule 4 to the Act (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further amendments)—
(i)paragraph 45 in so far as it relates to paragraph 59, and
(ii)paragraph 59(1) in so far as it is not already in operation, and
(b)Part 7 of Schedule 6 to the Act (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further repeals) in so far as it relates to the repeal of the following provisions—
(i)in paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(2) in sub-paragraph (5) the definition of “appropriate flat-rate percentage”, and
(ii)Article 134(6)(a) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995(3),
is 7th June 2012.
(2) The day appointed for the coming into operation of Part 7 of Schedule 6 to the Act in so far as it relates to the repeal of Article 136 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 is 6th April 2015.
Paragraph 59(4)(b) and (c) was substituted by section 25 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.))