{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007-commencement-no-4-order-2011/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/1267",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2007-commencement-no-4-order-2011",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The following provisions of the Pensions Act 2007 shall come into force on 6th April 2015—\n(a) in Part 2 of Schedule 4 (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further amendments)—\n(i) paragraph 42(1), in so far as it relates to paragraph 42(2) and (3)(b),\n(ii) paragraph 42(2) and (3)(b),\n(iii) paragraph 46, in so far as it relates to the provisions specified in sub-paragraphs (iv), (v) and (vi) of this paragraph,\n(iv) paragraphs 47, 49 and 54,\n(v) paragraph 59(1), in so far as it relates to paragraph 59(3), and\n(vi) paragraph 59(3), and\n(b) Part 7 of Schedule 7 (abolition of contracting-out for defined contribution pension schemes: further repeals) in so far as it relates to the repeal of the following provisions—\n(i) section 4C(2)(d) and (5)(g) and (h), of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 ,\n(ii) sections 8(3), 31 and 45B of the Pension Schemes Act 1993,\n(iii) section 139 of, and paragraph 36 of Schedule 5 to the Pensions Act 1995 , and\n(iv) paragraphs 34(b), 43 and 50 of Schedule 1 to the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc.) Act 1999 .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(a)(iii) substituted (20.3.2012) by The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/911), art. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(b)(ii) substituted (20.3.2012) by The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/911), art. 2(d)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(b)(iii) inserted (20.3.2012) by The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/911), art. 2(d)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(b)(iv) substituted (20.3.2012) by The Pensions Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4) (Amendment) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/911), art. 2(d)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1992 c.4."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1995 c.26."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M3",
      "text": "1999 c.2."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/1267/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:07:05.772418+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."
}