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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005/schedule-10/paragraph-25",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005/schedule-10/paragraph-25.json",
  "legislation": "ukdsi/2005/0110490924",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "schedule/10/paragraph/25",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25",
  "heading": "The Pension Schemes Act",
  "text": "(1) Section 174 (linked qualifying service) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(a)—\n(a) for “the rules of a scheme” substitute “Chapter 4 or 5 of Part IV or under the rules of a scheme”,\n(b) for sub-paragraph (i) substitute—\n“(i) there was made a transfer of his rights (including any transfer credits allowed) under that scheme, or a transfer payment in respect of those rights, to, or to the trustees or managers of, another scheme applying to him in the later period of service;”,\n(c) for “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (ii), substitute “or”, and\n(d) after that sub-paragraph add—\n“(iii) a cash equivalent (within the meaning of Chapter 4 of Part IV) or cash transfer sum (within the meaning of Chapter 5 of that Part) was paid in respect of him to the trustees or managers of another scheme applying to him in the later period of service; and”.\n(3) In subsection (1)(b), after “second scheme,” insert “or the payment to the trustees or managers of that scheme,”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110490924/schedule/10/paragraph/25",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:24:17.971403+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}