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(1) This Order may be cited as the Pension Schemes (2021 Act) (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2021.
(2) In this Order any reference to a numbered section or Schedule is to the section of, or Schedule to, the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021 bearing that number.
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The day appointed for the coming into operation of—
(a) section 38(1) (minor and consequential amendments) in so far as it relates to paragraphs 5 and 15 of Schedule 3;
(b) paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 (amendments of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005) in so far as it relates to paragraph 15 of that Schedule, and
(c) paragraph 15 of Schedule 3 (codes of practice),is 13th September 2021.
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The provisions of the Pension Schemes Act (Northern Ireland) 2021, as brought into operation by section 44(1)(a) and (b), do not apply in relation to a Master Trust scheme that is authorised by the Pensions Regulator under Part 1 of the Pension Schemes Act 2017.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 11th August 2021
(L.S.)Anne McCleary
A senior officer of the Department for Communities
