{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-employment-savings-trust-order-2010/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-employment-savings-trust-order-2010/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2010/917",
  "legislation_title": "The National Employment Savings Trust Order 2010",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-employment-savings-trust-order-2010",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;\n“the 1999 Order” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999;\n“the Act” means the Pensions Act 2008;\n“the NI Act” means the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008;\n“the NI Preservation Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1991;\n“the Preservation Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefit) Regulations 1991;\n“the corporation” means the National Employment Savings Trust Corporation established under section 75 of the Act;\n...;\n“employers’ panel” means the panel referred to in article 6(2)(b);\n“jobholder” has the meaning given by –\n(a)in relation to Great Britain, section 1(1) of the Act; or\n(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, section 1(1) of the NI Act;\n“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;\n“members’ panel” means the panel referred to in article 6(2)(a);\n“member’s pension account” means an account maintained by the Trustee for a member of the Scheme comprising–\n(a)the member’s contributions;\n(b)contributions made by any participating employer;\n(c)any sums transferred into the Scheme in respect of the member;\n(d)investment returns; and\n(e)any other amounts paid to the Trustee to be applied to the member’s pension account,\nless any expenses and outgoings properly deducted by the Trustee;\n“the panels” means the members’ panel and the employers’ panel;\n“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;\n“pension credit” means a credit–\n(a)in relation to Great Britain, under section 29 of the 1999 Act; or\n(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, under Article 26 of the 1999 Order;\n“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).\n“qualifying arrangement” has the same meaning–\n(a)in relation to Great Britain, as in paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Act; or\n(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, as in paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 5 to the 1999 Order;\n“qualifying person” and “qualifying self-employed person” have the same meanings as—\n(a)in Great Britain, in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Cross-border Activities) Regulations 2005; or\n(b)in Northern Ireland, in regulation 2(1) of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Cross-border Activities) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;\n“quality requirement” means the quality requirement under—\n(a)in relation to Great Britain, Part 1 of the Act; or\n(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, Part 1 of the NI Act;\n“rules” means rules made under section 67 of the Act;\n“the Scheme” means the pension scheme established by article 3(1); and\n“the Trustee” means the person appointed as trustee of the Scheme.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (1.4.2017) by The National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/178), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (25.5.2018) by virtue of Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 362(a) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 substituted (1.4.2013) by The National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/597), arts. 1, 2(3)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (25.5.2018) by Data Protection Act 2018 (c. 12), s. 212(1), Sch. 19 para. 362(b) (with ss. 117, 209, 210); S.I. 2018/625, reg. 2(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (1.4.2013) by The National Employment Savings Trust (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/597), arts. 1, 2(3)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 5.7.2010, see art. 1(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1999 c.30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2008 c.13 (N.I.)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The corporation was so named by S.I. 2010/3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2010/917/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:46:21.768470+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."
}