Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012
Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (2012 c. 3 (N.I.))
- Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (2012 c. 3 (N.I.))
- Part 1 State Pension
- 1 Equalisation of and increase in pensionable age for men and women
- 2 Duty to report on the impact of socio-economic background (including health indicators) in relation to retirement pension
- 3 Abolition of certain additions to the state pension
- 4 Consolidation of additional pension
- Part 2 Automatic Enrolment
- 5 Automatic re-enrolment where scheme membership interrupted
- 6 Earnings trigger for automatic enrolment and re-enrolment
- 7 Postponement or disapplication of automatic enrolment
- 8 Timing of automatic re-enrolment
- 9 Review of earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band
- 10 Rounded figures for earnings trigger and qualifying earnings band
- 11 Qualifying schemes: administration charges
- 12 Test scheme standard for schemes that produce sum of money for provision of benefits
- 13 Certification that alternative to quality requirement is satisfied
- 14 Certification for non-UK schemes
- 15 Transitional period for defined benefits and hybrid schemes to be optional
- 16 Arrangements where transitional conditions cease to be satisfied
- 17 Power of managers to modify by resolution
- 18 No indemnification for civil penalties
- 19 Power to exempt certain cross-border employment from enrolment duty
- Part 3 Occupational Pension Schemes
- Indexation and revaluation
- 20 Indexation and revaluation
- 21 Indexation requirements for cash balance benefits
- Pension Protection Fund
- 22 Pension Protection Fund
- Miscellaneous
- 23 Payment of surplus to employer: transitional power to amend scheme
- 24 Contribution notices and financial support directions
- 25 Technical amendment to Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008
- 26 Technical amendment to section 38(2) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993
- Part 4 Money Purchase Benefits
- 27 Definition of money purchase benefits
- 28 Transitional
- 29 Consequential and supplementary
- 30 Power to make further provision
- 31 Regulations
- Part 5 Miscellaneous and General
- Miscellaneous
- 32 Grants by the Department to advisory bodies etc.
- 33 Service of documents and electronic working
- General
- 34 Commencement
- 35 Short title
- Schedules
- SCHEDULE 1 Equalisation of and increase in pensionable age for men and women: consequential amendments
- The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8)
- The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (NI 22)
- The Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1)
- SCHEDULE 2 Abolition of certain additions to the state pension: consequential amendments etc.
- The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
- Repeals of spent enactments
- SCHEDULE 3 Consolidation of additional pension
- The Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
- The Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)
- The Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13)
- SCHEDULE 4 Pension Protection Fund
- Requirements to obtain actuarial valuations
- Requirement to obtain protected benefits quotation
- Removal of restriction on transfer notices
- Assembly control of orders and regulations
- Pension credit members
- Postponement of compensation
- Pension compensation sharing: postponement of compensation
- Calculation of compensation: admissible rules etc.
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