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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-transfer-values-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/370",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Transfer Values) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-transfer-values-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Pensions\nMade 5th September 2008\nComing into operation 1st October 2008\nThe Department for Social Development makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 23(3), 89A(2), 91(2)(d), 93(1), (2)(b), (3)(c) and (4), 97AC(2)(a), 97AF(1), (3)(b), (4)(b) and (5)(a), 97H(2) and (3), 97I, 97L, 109(1) and (3), 177(2) to (4) and 178 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993, Articles 67D(4) and 166(1) to (3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and Articles 21(1)(b), 27, 38(1) and (2) and 73(4) of, and paragraphs 5(b) and 8(1) and (2) of Schedule 5 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999, and now vested in it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1993 c. 49; section 89A was inserted by Article 149 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)) and amended by paragraph 23 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)) and subsection (1) is modified by regulation 19(2)(a) of S.R. 1996 No. 619; section 91 was amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, Part III(6) of Schedule 9 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)) and Article 133 of S.I. 2001/3649; section 93 was amended by paragraph 6 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 and paragraph 5(1) of Schedule 5 to the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000; sections 97AC and 97AF were inserted by Article 241 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)); sections 97H, 97I and 97L were inserted by Article 34 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999; section 109 was amended by section 48 of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000, paragraph 13 of Schedule 10 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, paragraph 4 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1 (N.I.)) and paragraph 15 of the Schedule to S.R. 2005 No. 434; section 178 was amended by paragraph 14 of Schedule 4 and Schedule 5 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995, paragraph 31 of Schedule 9 to the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 and paragraph 27 of Schedule 10 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005; see also the definition of “guarantee date” in section 89A(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22); Article 67D was inserted by Article 239 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 and amended by paragraph 5 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11); Article 21 was amended by paragraph 108 of Schedule 29 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33); Article 27 is modified by regulation 2(2)(b) of S.R. 2006 No. 282; paragraph 8 of Schedule 5 was amended by paragraph 71(2) of Schedule 10 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481"
    }
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