{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-25A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006/schedule-1/paragraph-25A.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2006/261",
  "legislation_title": "The Employment Equality (Age) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-equality-age-regulations-northern-ireland-2006",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/25A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25A",
  "heading": "Closure of sections of schemes",
  "text": "(1) The closure of any section of a scheme, from a particular date, to workers who have not already joined it.\n(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1)—\n(a) a scheme may be divided into two or more sections, and\n(b) a section of a scheme shall mean any of the groups in sub-paragraph (3).\n(3) A section of a scheme shall mean any of the following—\n(a) any group of members who became eligible to join, or who joined, the scheme on, after or before a particular date on the basis that particular benefits will be provided to or in respect of those members or that a particular level of contributions will be paid in respect of those members, or\n(b) any group of members who became eligible to join, or who joined, the scheme as a result of a block transfer or relevant transfer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 para. 25A inserted (1.12.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/453), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(o)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2006/261/schedule/1/paragraph/25A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:46:18.446670+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."
}