{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-32",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-act-northern-ireland-2021/section-32.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": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Prohibition on new employers during triggering event period",
  "text": "(1) During a triggering event period for a Master Trust scheme, neither the trustees nor a scheme funder nor a scheme strategist may—\n(a) permit a new person to become an employer in relation to the scheme, or\n(b) enter into an agreement under which a new person will become an employer in relation to the scheme after the end of the triggering event period.\n(2) A “new person” is a person who was not an employer in relation to the scheme on the date on which the triggering event occurred.\n(3) Article 10 of the 1995 Order (civil penalties) applies to a person who fails to comply with subsection (1).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2022) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/121), regs. 1, 28(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2022) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/121), regs. 1, 27(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Pt. 1 modified (6.4.2022) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/121), regs. 1, 28(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (6.4.2022) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/121), regs. 1, 26(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C5",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (29.9.2023) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/148), regs. 1, 26"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C6",
      "text": "Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (29.9.2023) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/148), regs. 1, 28(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C7",
      "text": "Pt. 1 excluded (29.9.2023) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/148), regs. 1, 27"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C8",
      "text": "Pt. 1 applied (with modifications) (29.9.2023) by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Master Trusts) (No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/148), regs. 1, 28(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 32 not in operation at Royal Assent, see s. 44(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 32 in operation at 16.3.2022 for specified purposes by S.R. 2022/110, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 32 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/section/32",
    "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."
}