{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-compensation-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-10",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-compensation-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-10.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/149",
  "legislation_title": "The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-protection-fund-compensation-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/10",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "10",
  "heading": "Special provision in relation to pensions in payment following early retirement",
  "text": "(1) Where immediately before the assessment date –\n(a) a person is entitled to present payment of a pension under the scheme rules;\n(b) the scheme rules provide that the award of that pension is dependent on –\n(i) that person having attained early retirement age, and\n(ii) the consent of –\n(aa) the trustees or managers; or\n(bb) the employer, and\n(c) the effect of disregarding rules within paragraph 35(2)(a) and (b) of Schedule 6 (scheme rules, admissible rules etc.) is that the person is not entitled to compensation under paragraph 3(2) of that Schedule by reason of the pension or a part of the pension,\nparagraphs (2) and (3) shall apply.\n(2) Where in the opinion of the trustees or managers –\n(a) the trustees or managers, or\n(b) the employer,\nwould have consented to the award of a pension to that person under the admissible rules of the scheme prior to the assessment date, they must notify the Board in that respect.\n(3) Where the Board receives a notice under paragraph (2) that person shall be treated, for the purposes of the pension compensation provisions, as entitled, immediately before the assessment date, to present payment of a pension under the admissible rules.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 10 in operation at 6.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/149/regulation/10",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:12.910409+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."
}