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The Pension Schemes (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018

S.R. 2018/43 · Made 8 March 2018

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Pensions

Made 8th March 2018

The Department for Communitiesf1 makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 52(2) of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2016f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

f2

2016 c. 1 (N.I.)

Contents

  1. 1Citation
  2. 2Appointed day
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation

This Order may be cited as the Pension Schemes (2016 Act) (Commencement No. 1) Order (Northern Ireland) 2018.

2Appointed day

The day appointed for the coming into operation of subsection (4) of section 38 of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (disclosure of information about schemes), and subsection (1) of that section in so far as it relates to subsection (4), is 9th March 2018.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 8th March 2018

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order provides for the coming into operation of subsection (4) of section 38 of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (and subsection (1) in so far as it relates to subsection (4)) on 9th March 2018.

Section 38(4) amends section 109 of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49) to introduce a requirement for persons to have regard to any guidance prepared from time to time by the Department for Communities when complying with disclosure requirements under section 109.