{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-pension-sharing-on-divorce-etc-transitional-provision-order-northern-ireland-2016/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-pension-sharing-on-divorce-etc-transitional-provision-order-northern-ireland-2016/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2016/99",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (2015 Act) (Pension Sharing on Divorce etc.) (Transitional Provision) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2015-act-pension-sharing-on-divorce-etc-transitional-provision-order-northern-ireland-2016",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Transitional provision in connection with the coming into operation of amendments to pension sharing on divorce etc.",
  "text": "(1) This Order applies in a case where Article 46A of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (creation of debits and credits: transferor in new state pension system and sharing activated on or after 6 April 2016) would otherwise apply and either—\n(a) the petition for divorce or nullity of a marriage was issued before 6th April 2016;\n(b) the application for dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership was issued before 6th April 2016; or\n(c) in the case of the application for financial relief after overseas divorce or nullity of a marriage or overseas dissolution or annulment of a civil partnership, the application for permission of the court for financial relief was issued before 6th April 2016.\n(2) In a case where this Order applies—\n(a) Article 46 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (creation of state scheme pension debits and credits: transferor in old state pension system or pension sharing activated before 6 April 2016) applies;\n(b) Article 46A of that Order does not apply; and\n(c) the relevant order is to be treated as taking effect on 5th April 2016.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11); Article 46A is inserted by paragraph 12 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Article 46 was amended by section 37(1) of the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act (Northern Ireland) 2000 (c. 4 (N.I.)) and is amended by paragraph 11 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2016/99/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:57:53.740192+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."
}