The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005

Northern Ireland Order in Council 2005 No. 255 — creates 10 criminal offences.

Made

9 February 2005

In force from

Not determined

Extent

Not stated

Subject

Corporate, financial services, company law, employment, charity, electoral and tax

Made under

2000 (c. 1), 2004 (c. 35), Pensions Act 2004, Schedule to the Northern Ireland Act 2000

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order, which is made only for purposes corresponding to the Pensions Act 2004, makes provision relating to pensions and financial planning for retirement, and for connected purposes.

Offences created by this instrument

• Penalties relating to Articles 173 and 174 article 175(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Penalties relating to Articles 173 and 174 article 175(2) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Penalties relating to Articles 173 and 174 article 175(6) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Any person who knowingly or recklessly provides information which is false or misleading in a material particular is… article 177(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• No indemnification for fines or civil penalties article 233(4) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Penalties relating to Articles 67 to 70 article 72(1) · Revoked · Strict liability
• Penalties relating to Articles 67 to 70 article 72(2) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Penalties relating to Articles 67 to 70 article 72(5) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Any person who knowingly or recklessly provides the Regulator with information which is false or misleading in a… article 75(1) · Revoked · Requires proof of a state of mind
• Restricted information article 77(5) · Revoked · Strict liability

What Parliament said about it

Contributions, debates and written statements mentioning this instrument by name. Parliamentary material is reused under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

• Pensions Act 2004 and the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Equal Treatment by Occupational Pension Schemes) Regulations 2023 Lords · Grand Committee · 14 November 2023 · Baroness Sherlock (Lab)

  My Lords, I thank the Minister for a very helpful introduction to these orders and particularly for explaining the background to the court cases, which will make reading Hansard for this debate a bit more comprehensible than might otherwise have been the case. I also thank my noble friend Lady Drake, to whose comments I shall return, and the noble Lord, Lord Palmer of Childs Hill, whose confidence in my determination to expose the detail and minutiae I trust will not be disappointed. All these regulations are a product of Brexit, the gift that keeps on giving. I shall start with the draft…

• Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill Commons · Public Bill Committees · 24 April 2024 · Mr Robertson

  I am grateful for that intervention; it is a good question. Not being a medical person, I assume it would bring some more illnesses within the definition, but it will not affect a huge number of people. As I say, the Bill is fairly narrow in scope. What I hope it will do is prompt the providers of other pension schemes to consider adopting the 12-month period rather than six months. Yes, I am sure it will bring in more people with various illnesses. Not being a medic, I would hesitate to go any further, but that is a good point. Clause 1(3) and (4) make similar provisions to subsections (1)…

• Pension Schemes Bill (Seventh sitting) Commons · Public Bill Committees · 11 September 2025 · Torsten Bell

  These new clauses are intended to help schemes affected by the implications of the Virgin Media v. NTL pension trustees court judgments, which found that certain benefit changes could be void if a scheme cannot produce actuarial confirmation that they met the requirements at the time. That has created significant uncertainty about affected schemes’ liabilities and funding requirements. The new clauses apply to private and public sector defined-benefit pension schemes that were contracted out between 1997 and 2016 under the reference scheme test, which imposed certain legal requirements upon…

• Pension Schemes Bill Commons · Commons Chamber · 3 December 2025 · Torsten Bell

  Specifically on the question of having regard to international law, I emphasise that compliance extends far beyond the LGPS, and it obviously reaches right across Government. That said, the LGPS, as a public sector scheme, has particularly high expectations on responsible investment, and I have heard the points my hon. Friend has made. The hon. Members for Torbay (Steve Darling), for Horsham (John Milne) and for Stratford-on-Avon (Manuela Perteghella) broadened this debate beyond the LGPS, not least on questions of climate change and the wider social impact of investments. The Department for…

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