{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-71",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-northern-ireland-1996/regulation-71.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/493",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-contracting-out-regulations-northern-ireland-1996",
  "path": "regulation/71",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Elections for replacement certificates by salary related schemes during transitional period",
  "text": "During the period beginning with the principal appointed day and ending on 31st January 1998 or such later date as the Department may allow in relation to a particular case or class of case, an election made with a view to the issue of a contracting-out certificate in relation to an employment which is to remain contracted out under section 5(2) of the Act on or after the principal appointed day must be made in compliance with regulation 2 and regulation 10 shall not apply.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 71 in operation at 6.4.1997, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "nisr/1996/493",
      "affecting_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996"
    },
    {
      "type": "added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/109",
      "affecting_title": "The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Contracting-out) (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "nisr/1997/95",
      "affecting_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Mixed Benefit Contracted-out Schemes) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/493/regulation/71",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:33:22.183324+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."
}