{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-northern-ireland-act-1993/section-178",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1993/49",
  "legislation_title": "Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-northern-ireland-act-1993",
  "path": "section/178",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "178",
  "heading": "Sub-delegation.",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to any specific provisions in this Act, a power conferred by this Act to make regulations or an order (other than regulations and orders made under Chapter I of Part IV, Part VIII so far as it applies for the purposes of Chapter I of Part IV, sections 132 to 134, 135(2) and (3), 136, 137, 138(1) to (4), 139, 149(2), 154(1) to (5), 158, 159 . . . and 171) includes power to provide for a person to exercise a discretion in dealing with any matter.\n(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(3) Regulations under sections ... 59(2) and 93(1) , 97AF(1) and 97I may provide that the values there mentioned shall be calculated and verified . . .—\n(a) in such manner as may, in the particular case, be approved—\n(i) by a prescribed person;\n(ii) by a person with prescribed professional qualifications or experience; or\n(iii) by a person approved by the Department; or\n(b) in accordance with guidance prepared and revised by a prescribed body;\n. . .",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 178(1) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 147, 168, Sch. 3 para. 68, Sch. 5 Pt. III; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 178(2) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 147, 168, Sch. 3 para. 68, Sch. 5 Pt. III; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 178(3) omitted (6.4.2012) by virtue of The Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 (S.R. 2012/124), arts. 1(b), 4(25)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 178(3) substituted (1.12.2000) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 74, Sch. 9 para. 31; S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3), Sch. Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Word in s. 178(3) inserted (15.2.2006 for specified purposes, 6.4.2006 in so far as not already in force) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), art. 1(2), Sch. 10 para. 27; S.R. 2005/543, art. 2(6), Sch. Pt. 6; S.R. 2006/45, art. 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 178(3) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 119, 168, Sch. 1 para. 37(b), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with art. 118(5)(6)); S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 178(3)(b) inserted (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 165, Sch. 4 para. 14; S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 178(3) repealed (6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 119, 168, Sch. 1 para. 37(c), Sch. 5 Pt. I (with art. 118(5)(6)); S.R. 1997/192, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/section/178",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:34:31.493981+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."
}