Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Pensions

Made 28th November 2023

Coming into operation 1st January 2024

This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 2 to the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993^f1 and now vested in the Department for Communities^f2.

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions has made an Order^f3 under paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 3 to the Pension Schemes Act 1993^f4.

Accordingly the Department for Communities makes the following Order:

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1993 c. 49; Schedule 2 was amended by paragraphs 1 to 3 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.)), section 20(4) to (6) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.)), paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), regulation 2(3) of S.R. 2014 No. 213 and regulation 68(10) of S.I. 2019/1514; see also section 80 as amended by Part 3 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), Article 258 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)), section 20(1) to (3) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012, paragraph 2 of Schedule 6 to the Pension Schemes Act 2021, paragraph 13 of the Schedule to S.R. 2005 No. 434, regulation 2(2) of S.R. 2014 No. 213 and regulation 68(8) of S.I. 2019/1514
f2: See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481 and section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))
f3: S.I. 2023/1265
f4: 1993 c. 48