{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-18/paragraph-6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-northern-ireland-2015/schedule-18/paragraph-6.json",
  "legislation": "nia/2015/5",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "schedule/18/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Department may by regulations provide that specified provisions override any provision of a relevant scheme to the extent that it conflicts with them.\n(1A) The Department may by regulations provide that specified provisions override any term of a relevant contract to the extent that it conflicts with them.\n(2) A “specified provision” is a provision of regulations under this Schedule specified in regulations made under sub-paragraph (1) or (1A).\n(3) “Relevant contract” means a contract between the trustees or managers of a relevant scheme and a person providing services in relation to the scheme.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 6(1A) inserted (10.8.2021) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), ss. 41(2), 44(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 18 para. 6(2) inserted (10.8.2021) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), ss. 41(3), 44(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 6(3) added (10.8.2021) by Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 (c. 6), ss. 41(4), 44(1)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 18 para. 6 in operation at 16.7.2015 by S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(1)(n)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2015/5/schedule/18/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:14.058015+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."
}