Article 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Pensions (2008 No. 2 Act) (Abolition of Protected Rights) (Consequential Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2012 and shall come into operation—

(a)

for the purposes of this Part and Article 7 of Part 2, immediately before 6th April 2012;

(b)

for the purposes of the other provisions of Part 2, on 6th April 2012;

(c)

for the purposes of Part 3, on 6th April 2013, and

(d)

for the purposes of Part 4, on 6th April 2015.