# The Occupational Pension Schemes (Equal Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005, Regulation 13: Operation of equality clause on pension-related terms of service


Section 6A of the Equal Pay Act (service pay and conditions) shall have effect, in relation to the operation of an equality clause in respect of a pension-related term of service, (see also regulations 14 and 15 which make further modifications to deal with different cases) as if—
(a) in subsection (12) after the definition of “armed forces” there were inserted the following definitions—
““armed forces scheme” and “pension-related term of service” have the same meaning as in the Occupational Pension Scheme (Equal Treatment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;”.
(b) after subsection (13) there were added the following subsection—
“(14) In the application of this section and sections 6AA and 6AB to any claim in respect of a contravention of a pension-related term of service—
(a) references to pay shall be regarded as references to benefits; and
(b) expressions used in any of those sections and in the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 have the same meaning as in that Order.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/377/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-equal-treatment-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-13
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