Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/204/regulation/1
Timestamp: 2019-09-23 08:34:07
Document Index: 695089905

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 6', 'art 2', 'art 1', 'arts 3', 'art 3']

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the The Pensions (2012 Act) (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Section 1.
Citation, commencement and interpretationF6F7F8F9F10F11N.I.
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Pensions (2012 Act) (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 and shall come into operation on the day appointed for the coming into operation of section 27 of the Act (definition of money purchase benefits).
“the Act” means the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012;
“the applicable rules” has the meaning given by section 90(2) F1 of the 1993 Act (right to cash equivalent);
“the appointed day” is the day appointed for the coming into operation of section 27 of the Act (definition of money purchase benefits);
“assessment period” is to be construed in accordance with Article 116(2) to (6) of the 2005 Order;
“the Board” means the Board of the Pension Protection Fund established under section 107 of the Pensions Act 2004 F2;
“cash balance underpin benefits” are cash balance benefits to which, under an occupational pension scheme, a member has rights only if the amount of the cash balance underpin benefits exceeds a defined benefit minimum promised to the member;
“cash equivalent” means a cash equivalent or guaranteed cash equivalent mentioned in section 89A(1) F3 (salary related schemes: right to statement of entitlement) or 90(1) of the 1993 Act;
“defined benefit minimum”, except in Part 2 and regulation 8, means—
in relation to money purchase underpin benefits or cash balance underpin benefits, benefits which are not money purchase benefits, but which accrue or may accrue under an occupational pension scheme in respect of the same period of a member's pensionable service as the member's rights to money purchase underpin benefits or cash balance underpin benefits, or
in relation to top-up benefits, a specified minimum value or amount, where under an occupational pension scheme a member is promised that the member's rights to money purchase benefits or cash balance benefits will be at least equal to that specified minimum value or amount;
“eligible scheme” has the meaning given by Article 110 of the 2005 Order;
“further assessment period” means the assessment period mentioned in Article 143(3) of the 2005 Order (closed schemes: further assessment periods);
“money purchase underpin benefits” are money purchase benefits to which, under an occupational pension scheme, a member has rights only if the amount of the money purchase benefits exceeds a defined benefit minimum promised to the member;
“multi-employer scheme”, except in Part 6, has the meaning given by Article 280(4) F4 of the 2005 Order (modification of Order in relation to certain categories of schemes);
“the Regulator” means the Pensions Regulator established under section 1 of the Pensions Act 2004;
“top-up benefit”, except in Part 2 and regulation 8, is a benefit—
the value or amount of which is greater than nil, and
to which, under an occupational pension scheme, a member has rights only where the amount of the member's rights to money purchase benefits falls short of a defined benefit minimum promised to the member;
“value or amount” includes in particular a rate of pension, whether specified under the scheme or determined by reference to external criteria, such as a statutory minimum requirement.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 F5 shall apply to these Regulations as it applies to an Act of the Assembly.
F1Section 90 was amended by Article 150 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, paragraph 24 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 10 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005
F22004 c. 35
F3Section 89A was inserted by Article 149 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999
F4Article 280 was amended by section 29(2) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
F61993 c. 49; section 93 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 5 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)); section 97AF was inserted by Article 241 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)); sections 97I and 97L were inserted by Article 34 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)); section 109 was amended by section 48 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, paragraph 13 of Schedule 10 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1 (N.I.)) and paragraph 15 of the Schedule to S.R. 2005 No. 434; section 149(1) was amended by Part 1 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995; section 178(1) was amended by Parts 3 and 4 of Schedule 5 to that Order
F7S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); Article 37 was substituted by Article 227 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005; Article 73 was substituted by Article 247 of that Order; Article 75(5) was amended by Article 248(3) of that Order
F8S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11); Article 21 was amended by paragraph 108 of Schedule 29 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33)
F9See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481
F10S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1); Part 3 is modified in its application to partially guaranteed schemes, hybrid schemes and multi-employer schemes by, respectively, S.R. 2005 Nos. 55 (as amended by S.R. 2010 No. 32 and S.R. 2013 No. 95), 84 (as amended by S.I. 2013/472) and 91 (as amended by S.R. 2005 Nos. 194 and 357, S.R. 2008 No. 132, S.R. 2010 No. 111 and S.R. 2012 Nos. 1 and 270); paragraph 12(3A) was inserted by paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 1 to the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.)); paragraph 17(3A) was inserted by paragraph 6(3) of Schedule 1 to that Act
F112012 c. 3 (N.I.)