
1 
These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2011 and shall come into operation on 11th August 2011.
2 
In regulation 8 of the Occupational Pension Schemes (Assignment, Forfeiture, Bankruptcy etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 (exemptions from the inalienability and forfeiture provisions) after paragraph (6) add—“
(7) Article 89(1)(a) shall not apply to a scheme where—
(a) the scheme administrator satisfies any part of a person’s liability to the annual allowance charge under section 237A of the 2004 Act (liability of individual) at the request of that person, to the extent that Article 89(1)(a) would prevent an adjustment to that person’s benefits under the scheme as a consequence of the scheme administrator satisfying that liability, or
(b) the scheme administrator satisfies a liability under section 237B of the 2004 Act (liability of scheme administrator) in respect of a person, to the extent that Article 89(1)(a) would prevent a consequential adjustment to that person’s benefits under the scheme under section 237E(1) of that Act (consequential benefit adjustments to be reasonable etc).
(8) In paragraph (7)—
 “annual allowance charge” has the meaning given in section 227(1) of the 2004 Act;
 “scheme administrator” has the meaning given in section 270 of the 2004 Act.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 21st July 2011
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
