{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-freezing-orders-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-freezing-orders-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2005/regulation-1.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2005/114",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Regulator (Freezing Orders and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-regulator-freezing-orders-and-consequential-amendments-regulations-northern-ireland-2005",
  "path": "regulation/1",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) These regulations may be cited as the Pensions Regulator (Freezing Orders and Consequential Amendments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2005.\n(2) In these Regulations –\n“the Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993;\n“the Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005, and\n“salary related occupational pension scheme” shall be construed in accordance with section 89(1A) of the Act.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 1 in operation at 6.4.2005, see reg. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 89(1A) was inserted by Article 148(3) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2005/114/regulation/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:53:35.811516+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."
}