{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-eea-states-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-13",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-eea-states-regulations-northern-ireland-2007/regulation-13.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2007/457",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (EEA States) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-eea-states-regulations-northern-ireland-2007",
  "path": "regulation/13",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) Regulations",
  "text": "(1) The Occupational and Personal Pension Schemes (Consultation by Employers) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).\n(2) In regulation 2 (interpretation) after the definition of “affected members” insert—\n““EEA agreement” means the agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993, as modified or supplemented from time to time;\n“EEA state”, in relation to any time, means—\n(a) a state which at that time is a member State, or\n(b) any other state which at that time is a party to the EEA agreement;”.\n(3) In regulation 4(1)(e) (excluded employers: occupational pension schemes) for “member States” substitute “EEA states”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 2006 No. 48 to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/457/regulation/13",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:38:45.321987+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."
}