{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005/article-47",
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  "legislation": "nisi/2005/255",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-northern-ireland-order-2005",
  "path": "article/47",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Articles 39 to 46: interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In Articles 39 to 46—\n“ group of companies ” means a holding company and its subsidiaries (and references to a member of a group of companies are to be read accordingly); and\n“holding company” and “subsidiary” have the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006.\n(2) For the purposes of Articles 39 to 46—\n(a) references to a debt due under Article 75 of the 1995 Order include a contingent debt under that Article, and\n(b) references to the amount of such a debt include the amount of such a contingent debt.\n(3) For the purposes of Articles 39 to 46—\n(a) Article 7 of the Insolvency Order (connected persons) applies as it applies for the purposes of any provision of Parts II to VII of that Order, and\n(b) Article 4 of that Order (associated persons) applies as it applies for the purposes of that Order.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "mod. by SR 2005/378"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 47(1) substituted (1.10.2009) by Companies Act 2006 (Consequential Amendments, Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1941), art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 252(5) (with art. 10)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/2005/255/article/47",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:49.445550+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."
}