Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993

Power to modify Part III, etc. N.I.

4 [F1 (1) Regulations may modify the provisions of Part III (other than sections 14, 15 F2 . . . [F3 , 63 and 64]), Chapter III of Part IV and Chapter II of Part V (except, so far as they relate to personal pension schemes, the members of such schemes or rights in respect of them) in their application to cases in which— N.I.

(a) a person is employed at the same time in two or more employments (whether or not under the same employer); and

(b) at least one but not all of those employments is contracted-out employment,

with a view to enabling the employments to be treated either separately or together for the purposes of those provisions.

(2) Regulations may also modify those provisions in their application to cases in which—

(a) any description of benefit under a scheme is subject to a limit (however imposed) operating so as to prevent service beyond a particular length from qualifying for further benefits; or

(b) earners qualify for the benefits of a scheme by reference to both—

(i) service in employment which is contracted-out in relation to them by reference to the scheme; and

(ii) service in the same employment or another employment (whether or not contracted-out employment) before the scheme was contracted-out in relation to them or their employment.

(3) Regulations under this paragraph may include provision for securing that in the cases to which they apply an earner’s employment [F4 which, apart from the regulations, would not be contracted-out employment is treated as contracted-out employment where any benefits provided under the scheme are attributable to a period when the scheme was contracted-out].

[F5 (4) In this paragraph “regulations” means regulations made by the Department or, as the case may be, the Secretary of State.]]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 1 paras. 1-4 omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 13 para. 45(2) (with savings until 6.4.2019 by S.R. 2016/106, arts. 1(1)(2), 2(1)(2))

F2 Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 168, Sch. 5 Pt. III; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)

F3 Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(1) substituted (6.4.2012) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), s. 21(1), Sch. 4 para. 58(2); S.R. 2012/115, art. 2(1)(b)(iii)

F4 Words in Sch. 1 para. 4(3) substituted (6.4.1996 for certain purposes otherwise 6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 147, Sch. 3 para. 70(b); S.R. 1996/91, art. 2(d), Sch. Pt. IV; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)

F5 Sch. 1 para. 4(4) added (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 77(4); S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2