
1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling and Compensation Cap) Order (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation—
(a) for the purposes of this Article and Article 2, on 31st March 2017, and
(b) for the purposes of Articles 3 and 4, on 1st April 2017.
(2) In this Order “the 2005 Order” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005.
2 
For the purposes of Article 160 of the 2005 Order (amounts to be raised by the pension protection levies), the levy ceiling for the financial year beginning on 1st April 2017 is £1,007,249,095.
3 
The amount specified for the purposes of paragraph (a) of the definition of “the compensation cap” in paragraph 26(7) of Schedule 6 to the 2005 Order (pension compensation provisions) is £38,505∙61.
4 
The Pension Protection Fund and Occupational Pension Schemes (Levy Ceiling and Compensation Cap) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 is revoked.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 17th February 2017
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities

