Pensions Citation, commencement and effect 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pension Protection Fund (Modification) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2017. 2 For the purposes of regulation 2(a) to (c), these Regulations are to be treated as having effect from 6th April 2005. 3 The remaining provisions of these Regulations take effect from 6th April 2017. Amendment of the Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations 2 In regulation 20 of the Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (application of compensation cap where compensation becomes payable on different dates)— a for sub-paragraph (6A) (as inserted by regulation 20(3)) substitute— 6A Where sub-paragraph (6B) or sub-paragraph (6BA) applies to a person, sub-paragraphs (6C) and (6D) apply (instead of sub-paragraph (1)) in relation to the entitlements referred to in the sub-paragraph which applies to him. ; b for sub-paragraph (6B) (as inserted by regulation 20(3)) substitute— 6B This sub-paragraph applies if— a a person becomes entitled to relevant compensation in respect of a benefit (“benefit A”) that is attributable to a pension credit from a transferor, and b before the person becomes entitled to relevant compensation in respect of benefit A, he has become entitled to— i relevant compensation in respect of one or more other benefits under the scheme or a connected occupational pension scheme that are also attributable to a pension credit from the same transferor (“benefit or benefits C”), or ii one or more lump sums under the scheme or a relevant connected occupational pension scheme (“sum or sums L”) that are also attributable to a pension credit from the same transferor. ; c after sub-paragraph (6B) (as substituted by regulation 2(b) of these Regulations) insert— 6BA This paragraph applies if— a a person becomes entitled to relevant compensation in respect of a benefit (“benefit A”) that is attributable to the person’s pensionable service, and b before the person becomes entitled to relevant compensation in respect of benefit A, he has become entitled to— i relevant compensation in respect of one or more other benefits under the scheme or a connected occupational pension scheme that are also attributable to his pensionable service (“benefit or benefits C”), or ii one or more lump sums under the scheme or a relevant connected occupational pension scheme (“sum or sums L”) that are also attributable to his pensionable service. 6BB For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (6B)(b)(ii) and (6BA)(b)(ii), a scheme is a relevant connected compensation pension scheme if it is an eligible scheme when the person becomes entitled to the relevant compensation in respect of benefit A. ; d after sub-paragraph (6G) (as inserted by regulation 20(3)) insert— 6GA Where sub-paragraph (6B) or (6BA) applies, “the compensation cap” has the meaning given by paragraph 26A, except that the reference in sub-paragraph (2) of that paragraph to the length of the person’s pensionable service is to be treated as if it were a reference to the total length of the person’s pensionable service at the time when he becomes entitled to the relevant compensation in respect of benefit A. . Amendment of the Pension Protection Fund (General and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 3 In regulation 9A(3) of the Pension Protection Fund (General and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (PPF money purchase lump sums), for “£2,000” substitute “£10,000”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 15th March 2017 (L.S.) Thomas O’Reilly A senior officer of the Department for Communities