Article 2 InterpretationI1

In this Order—

• “the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999^f1;

• “the 1999 Order” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999^f2;

• “the Act” means the Pensions Act 2008;

• “the NI Act” means the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008^f3;

• F1“the NI Preservation Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991;

• “the Preservation Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations 1991;

• “the corporation” means the National Employment Savings Trust Corporation established under section 75 of the Act^f4;

• F2...;

• “employers’ panel” means the panel referred to in article 6(2)(b);

• “jobholder” has the meaning given by –

  1. (a)

     in relation to Great Britain, section 1(1) of the Act; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, section 1(1) of the NI Act;

• “member of the Scheme” means a person who has been admitted as a member of the Scheme under article 19 and whose pension account has not yet been fully discharged through the provision of one or more benefits under article 32;

• “members’ panel” means the panel referred to in article 6(2)(a);

• “member’s pension account” means an account maintained by the Trustee for a member of the Scheme comprising–

  1. (a)

     the member’s contributions;

  2. (b)

     contributions made by any participating employer;

  3. (c)

     any sums transferred into the Scheme in respect of the member;

  4. (d)

     investment returns; and

  5. (e)

     any other amounts paid to the Trustee to be applied to the member’s pension account,

  less any expenses and outgoings properly deducted by the Trustee;

• “the panels” means the members’ panel and the employers’ panel;

• F3“participating employer” means an employer that has been admitted to participation in the Scheme and, except in articles 8 and 19, may include an employer that was formerly participating in the Scheme;

• “pension credit” means a credit–

  1. (a)

     in relation to Great Britain, under section 29 of the 1999 Act; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, under Article 26 of the 1999 Order;

• F4“personal data” has the same meaning as in Parts 5 to 7 of the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3(2) and (14) of that Act).

• “qualifying arrangement” has the same meaning–

  1. (a)

     in relation to Great Britain, as in paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, as in paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Order;

• F5“qualifying person” and “qualifying self-employed person” have the same meanings as—

  1. (a)

     in Great Britain, in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Cross-border Activities) Regulations 2005; or

  2. (b)

     in Northern Ireland, in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Cross-border Activities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;

• “quality requirement” means the quality requirement under—

  1. (a)

     in relation to Great Britain, Part 1 of the Act; or

  2. (b)

     in relation to Northern Ireland, Part 1 of the NI Act;

• “rules” means rules made under section 67 of the Act;

• “the Scheme” means the pension scheme established by article 3(1); and

• “the Trustee” means the person appointed as trustee of the Scheme.