{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-northern-ireland-act-1993/section-8C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-northern-ireland-act-1993/section-8C.json",
  "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/8C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8C",
  "heading": "Transfer, commutation, etc.",
  "text": "(1) Regulations may prohibit or restrict—\n(a) the transfer of any liability—\n(i) for the payment of pensions under a relevant scheme, or\n(ii) in respect of accrued rights to such pensions,\n(b) the discharge of any liability to provide pensions under a relevant scheme, or\n(c) the payment of a lump sum instead of a pension payable under a relevant scheme,\nexcept in prescribed circumstances or on prescribed conditions.\n(2) In this section, “relevant scheme” means a scheme contracted out by virtue of section 5(2B) and references to pensions and accrued rights under the scheme are to such pensions and rights so far as attributable to an earner’s service on or after the principal appointed day.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (1) may provide that any provision of this Part shall have effect subject to such modifications as may be specified in the regulations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 8A-8D inserted (6.4.1996 for certain purposes otherwise 6.4.1997) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), art. 133(5); S.R. 1996/91, arts. 2(d)(h), Sch. Pt. IV"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 8A-8D repealed (6.4.2016) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 13 para. 11 (with savings until 6.4.2019 by S.R. 2016/106, arts. 1(1)(2), 2(1)(2) and with further savings in art. 2(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 8C modified (1.4.2009) by Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/33), regs. 1, 74(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/section/8C",
    "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."
}