{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-northern-ireland-act-1993/section-96D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pension-schemes-northern-ireland-act-1993/section-96D.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/96D",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "96D",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“accrued rights”, in relation to a member of a pension scheme, means rights that have accrued to or in respect of the member to benefits under the scheme;\n“category”, in relation to benefits, has the meaning given by section 89(6);\n“flexible benefit” has the meaning given by section 74 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015;\n“guarantee date”, in relation to a member who has received a statement of entitlement, has the meaning given by section 89A;\n“member” is to be read in accordance with section 89(11);\n“normal pension age” has the meaning given by section 96C;\n“pension credit rights”, in relation to a member of a pension scheme, means rights to benefits under the scheme which are attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension credit;\n“salary related occupational pension scheme”: an occupational pension scheme is “salary related” if—\n(a)the scheme is not a scheme under which all the benefits that may be provided are money purchase benefits, and\n(b)the scheme does not fall within a prescribed class;\n“scheme rules”, in relation to a pension scheme, has the meaning given by section 96B;\n“statement of entitlement” has the meaning given by section 89A;\n“transferrable rights” is to be read in accordance with section 89(11).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 96A-96D inserted (6.4.2015) by Pension Schemes Act 2015 (c. 8), s. 89(3)(b), Sch. 4 para. 60 (with s. 87)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1: power to modify conferred (11.2.2021 for specified purposes, 1.8.2022 in so far as not already in force) by Pension Schemes Act 2021 (c. 1), s. 131(1)(3)(a), Sch. 5 para. 1(6)(a); S.R. 2022/197, art. 3(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 4ZA Ch. 1 excluded (1.8.2022) by S.R. 1996/619, reg. 2A (as inserted by The Occupational Pension Schemes (Collective Money Purchase Schemes) (Modifications and Consequential and Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/192), regs. 1(1), 3(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/49/section/96D",
    "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."
}