{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2005-order-commencement-no-1-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2005/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2005-order-commencement-no-1-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2005/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/48",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2005-order-commencement-no-1-and-consequential-and-transitional-provisions-order-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2005 Order) (Commencement No. 1 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005.\n(2) In this Order –\n“the Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005;\n“the Deficiency on Winding Up Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Deficiency on Winding Up, etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996;\n“the Winding Up Regulations” means the Occupational Pension Schemes (Winding Up) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 585; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1997 Nos. 160 and 544"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.R. 1996 No. 621; relevant amending regulations are S.R. 1997 No. 160"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/48/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:54:19.933158+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."
}