{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/schedule-11/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/electricity-northern-ireland-order-1992/schedule-11/paragraph-5.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/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), this sub-paragraph applies to—\n(a) any existing employee who, immediately before the transfer date, is a participant in the scheme;\n(b) any existing employee who, after that date, participates in a relevant scheme within 3 months of his attaining the minimum age for such participation; and\n(c) any former participant who, after that date, participates in or acquires pension rights under a relevant scheme in such circumstances as may be prescribed by regulations under paragraph 4.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), this sub-paragraph applies to—\n(a) any person not falling within sub paragraph (1)(c) who, immediately before the transfer date, is not a participant in the scheme but has pension rights under the scheme; and\n(b) any person who, after that date, acquires pension rights under a relevant scheme by reason of the death of a person falling within sub-paragraph (1) or head (a),\nbut only as respects the pension rights by virtue of which he falls within head (a) or (b).\n(3) Any person to whom sub-paragraph (1) or (2) applies may elect in such manner as may be prescribed by regulations under paragraph 4 that that sub-paragraph shall cease to apply to him; and if any person to whom sub-paragraph (1) applies—\n(a) ceases to be in continuous employment; or\n(b) voluntarily withdraws from a relevant scheme,\notherwise than in such circumstances as may be so prescribed, that sub-paragraph shall cease to apply to him except as respects pension rights which have accrued to him before that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1992/231/schedule/11/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:18.917801+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."
}