PART 1General

Interpretation2.

In this Order—

“the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 19992;
“the 1999 Order” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 19993;

“the Act” means the Pensions Act 2008;

“the NI Act” means the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 20084;

F1“the NI Preservation Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991;

“the Preservation Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations 1991;

“the corporation” means the National Employment Savings Trust Corporation established under section 75 of the Act5;

F2...;

“employers’ panel” means the panel referred to in article 6(2)(b);

“jobholder” has the meaning given by –

(a)

in relation to Great Britain, section 1(1) of the Act; or

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, section 1(1) of the NI Act;

“member of the Scheme” means a person who has been admitted as a member of the Scheme under article 19 and whose pension account has not yet been fully discharged through the provision of one or more benefits under article 32;

“members’ panel” means the panel referred to in article 6(2)(a);

“member’s pension account” means an account maintained by the Trustee for a member of the Scheme comprising–

(a)

the member’s contributions;

(b)

contributions made by any participating employer;

(c)

any sums transferred into the Scheme in respect of the member;

(d)

investment returns; and

(e)

any other amounts paid to the Trustee to be applied to the member’s pension account,

less any expenses and outgoings properly deducted by the Trustee;

“the panels” means the members’ panel and the employers’ panel;

F3“participating employer” means an employer that has been admitted to participation in the Scheme and, except in articles 8 and 19, may include an employer that was formerly participating in the Scheme;

“pension credit” means a credit–

(a)

in relation to Great Britain, under section 29 of the 1999 Act; or

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, under Article 26 of the 1999 Order;

F4“personal data” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(2) and (14) of that Act).

“qualifying arrangement” has the same meaning–

(a)

in relation to Great Britain, as in paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act; or

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, as in paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Order;

F5“qualifying person” and “qualifying self-employed person” have the same meanings as—

(a)

in Great Britain, in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Cross-border Activities) Regulations 2005; or

(b)

in Northern Ireland, in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Cross-border Activities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;

“quality requirement” means the quality requirement under—

(a)

in relation to Great Britain, Part 1 of the Act; or

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, Part 1 of the NI Act;

“rules” means rules made under section 67 of the Act;

“the Scheme” means the pension scheme established by article 3(1); and

“the Trustee” means the person appointed as trustee of the Scheme.