{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-northern-ireland-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-northern-ireland-2021/schedule-3/paragraph-20.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2021/6",
  "legislation_title": "Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-northern-ireland-2021",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/20",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 31 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (effect of freezing order or assessment period: qualifying schemes)—\n(a) in subsection (3), in the definition of “freezing event”, at the end add—\n“, or\n(d) the making of a pause order under section 31 of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021;”;\n(b) in subsection (3), in the definition of “relevant provision”, at the end add—\n“(d) in relation to a pause order, provision contained in the order or the provision made with respect to the order by section 31 of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021.”;\n(c) in the section heading, for “or assessment period” substitute “, assessment period or pause order”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 20 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 44(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 20 in operation at 16.3.2022 for specified purposes by S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 20 in operation at 6.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation by S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2021/6/schedule/3/paragraph/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:19:36.331683+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."
}