{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/309",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Charges and Governance) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-charges-and-governance-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions\nMade 16th July 2015\nComing into operation in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 109(1) and 177(2) to (4) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 , Articles 35(1), (3) and (4), 36(1), (1A)(a) and (9), 47(6)(a), 68(2)(e) and 166(1) to (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 , Article 3(5) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 , and now vested in it , Articles 55(2)(h), 236(1) and 287 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 and sections 42 and 51(6) of, and paragraphs 1(1), (2)(a), (3) and (5), 2(1) to (3) and (5), 3, 6 and 7 of Schedule 18 to, the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1993 c. 49; section 109(1) was amended by section 48(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); Article 35 was substituted by Article 221 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)); Article 36(1) and (1A) was substituted for Article 36(1) by Article 222(2) of that Order; Article 36(9) was added by Article 222(6) of that Order"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11); Article 3(5) was amended by Article 262(3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M5",
      "text": "S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M6",
      "text": "2015 c. 5 (N.I.); see the definition of “relevant scheme” in paragraph 1(5) of Schedule 18"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/309/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:00:35.281795+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."
}