{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/schedule-11/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/schedule-11/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1992/231",
  "legislation_title": "The Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992",
  "path": "schedule/11/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) In this Schedule—\n“employer”, in relation to a person employed by a company which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of another company, includes that other company;\n“existing employee” means any person who, immediately before the transfer date, is employed by Northern Ireland Electricity;\n“former participant” means any person who, immediately before the transfer date, is not a participant in the scheme but has pension rights under the scheme by virtue of his having been such a participant;\n“pension”, in relation to any person, means a pension of any kind payable to or in respect of him, and includes a lump sum, allowance or gratuity so payable and a return of contributions, with or without interest or any other addition;\n“pension rights”, in relation to any person, includes—\n(a)all forms of right to or eligibility for the present or future payment of a pension to or in respect of him; and\n(b)any expectation of the accruer of a pension to or in respect of him;\nand includes a right of allocation in respect of the present or future payment of a pension;\n“the relevant statutory provisions” means Chapter I of Part XIV of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 (retirement benefit schemes) and Part IV of the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975 (contracting-out);\n“relevant scheme” has the meaning given by paragraph 4(1);\n“the scheme” means the Northern Ireland Electricity Superannuation Scheme;\n“wholly-owned subsidiary” has the same meaning as in the Companies Acts (see section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006).\n(2) For the purposes of this Schedule, a company is wholly owned by one or more other companies if it has no members except—\n(a) that other or those others and its or their nominees; and\n(b) wholly-owned subsidiaries of that other or those others and their nominees.\n(3) Subject to sub-paragraph (1), expressions used in this Schedule which are also used in Part II or III have the same meanings as in that Part.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1988 c. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "1975 NI 15"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 11 para. 1(1): words in the definition of \"wholly-owned subsidiary\" substituted (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), arts. 1(2), 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 135(4) (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
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  },
  "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."
}