{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stakeholder-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stakeholder-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2001/13",
  "legislation_title": "The Stakeholder Pension Schemes (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stakeholder-pension-schemes-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 3",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 3 (requirements applying to all stakeholder pension schemes as regards instruments establishing such schemes) shall be amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (4).\n(2) In paragraph (1) for “the acceptance of contributions, transfer payments and pension credits” there shall be substituted “the acceptance of credits within the meaning of Article 26 (pension sharing: creation of pension debits and credits), contributions and transfer payments”.\n(3) After paragraph (5) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(5A) Subject to paragraphs (10) and (11) and to regulation 17(1), except to the extent necessary to ensure that the scheme has tax-exemption or tax-approval, the scheme instruments must preclude membership of the scheme being restricted by reference to—\n(a) financial status;\n(b) the amount of contributions to be made to the scheme;\n(c) the manner in which contributions may be made to the scheme.”.\n(4) After paragraph (9) there shall be inserted the following paragraphs—\n“(10) Paragraph (5A) shall not preclude membership being restricted by reference to—\n(a) employment with a particular employer or in a particular trade or profession, or\n(b) membership of a particular organisation.\n(11) The scheme instruments may permit restrictions on payment of contributions by means of cash or a credit card.”.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 14.2.2001, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/13/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:13:21.519164+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."
}