{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-contributions-equivalent-premium-consequential-provision-and-savings-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2016/article-2",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2016/162",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Contributions Equivalent Premium) (Consequential Provision) and (Savings) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-contributions-equivalent-premium-consequential-provision-and-savings-amendment-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the Board” means the Board of the Pension Protection Fund;\n“contracted-out employment” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Pension Schemes Act (meaning of “contracted-out employment”, “guaranteed minimum pension” and “minimum payment”);\n“contracted-out occupational pension scheme” is a scheme which satisfied the requirements in section 3B of the Pension Schemes Act (meaning of “contracted-out scheme” and “appropriate scheme” etc.);\n“guaranteed minimum pension” has the meaning given by section 4 of the Pension Schemes Act;\n“HMRC” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;\n“National Insurance Fund” has the meaning given in section 176(1) of the Pension Schemes Act;\n“normal pension age” has the meaning given in section 175 of the Pension Schemes Act;\n“pensionable age” has the meaning given in section 176(1) of the Pension Schemes Act;\n“relevant person” means—\n(a) in a case where a transfer has been made in relation to the scheme under Article 145 of the 2005 Order (effect of Board assuming responsibility for a scheme), the Board, and\n(b) in all other cases, the trustees or managers of the scheme;\n“the second abolition date” has the meaning given in section 3A of the Pension Schemes Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 4 was amended by paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22)), paragraph 37 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/671), paragraphs 3 and 46 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1 (N.I.)), paragraph 8 of Schedule 7 to the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.)) and paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to S.R. 2005 No. 433 and is amended by paragraphs 2 and 7 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 3B is inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The definition of “pensionable age” was substituted by paragraph 13 of Schedule 2 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 3A is inserted by paragraph 6 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/162/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:08.900822+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."
}