{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-50A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-50A.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/3213",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/50A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "50A",
  "heading": "Meaning of “person with an interest in the scheme”",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of Article 50 a person is a person with an interest in an occupational pension scheme if—\n(a) he is a member of the scheme,\n(b) he is a widow, widower, surviving civil partner or surviving dependant of a deceased member of the scheme,\n(c) he is a surviving non-dependant beneficiary of a deceased member of the scheme,\n(d) he is a prospective member of the scheme,\n(e) he has ceased to be within any of the categories of persons referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d), or\n(f) he claims to be such a person as is mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e) and the dispute relates to whether he is such a person.\n(2) In paragraph (1)(c) a “non-dependant beneficiary”, in relation to a deceased member of an occupational pension scheme, means a person who, on the death of the member, is entitled to the payment of benefits under the scheme.\n(3) In paragraph (1)(d) a “prospective member” means any person who, under the terms of his contract of service or the rules of the scheme—\n(a) is able, at his own option, to become a member of the scheme,\n(b) will become so able if he continues in the same employment for a sufficiently long period,\n(c) will be admitted to the scheme automatically unless he makes an election not to become a member, or\n(d) may be admitted to it subject to the consent of his employer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 50, 50A, 50B substituted (12.3.2008 for specified purposes, otherwise 6.4.2008) for art. 50 by Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(2), 250 (as amended (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/434), arts. 1(3), 2, Sch. para. 30) (with savings in art. 285(5)); S.R. 2008/104, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/3213/article/50A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:42:36.088056+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."
}