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Pension Schemes Act 2021

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This section sets out the extent of the Act. More detail is given on page 12 of these notes. Subsection (4) provides that amendments or repeals made by this Act to other enactments have the same extent as the enactment concerned.

This section makes provision for the coming into force of the Act. Subsection (3) sets out the provisions which will come into force on the day the Act is passed. Subsection (2) sets out the provisions which will come into force on the day that the Department for Communities in Northern Ireland will appoint by order. The remainder of the Act will come into force on the day appointed in regulations made by the Secretary of State (subsection 1). Subsections (4) to (8) make further provision regarding regulations and orders under this section.