{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-26",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/regulation-26.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2024/78",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-master-trusts-regulations-northern-ireland-2024",
  "path": "regulation/26",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "26",
  "heading": "Application of Part 1 of the Act",
  "text": "(1) Part 1 of the Act does not apply to schemes which have all the following characteristics—\n(a) on 20th October 2016, the scheme—\n(i) was providing non-money purchase benefits (whether alone or in conjunction with other benefits), and\n(ii) was used, or intended to be used, by 2 or more employers;\n(b) membership of the scheme is limited to members, or former members, of a pension scheme established by statute for a specific occupational group, industry or profession;\n(c) the scheme ceased to accept new members on a date which is not later than 6 months after the commencement date.\n(2) In paragraph (1)(c), a “new member” includes a person who was formerly a member of the scheme by virtue of a relationship with a previous employer, except where that person’s employment contract was transferred to the person’s current employer as a result of a relevant transfer as defined in regulation 2 of the TUPE Regulations.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 26 in operation at 27.3.2024, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/78/regulation/26",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:28:58.393629+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."
}