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The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Article 3A:
- Instrument amended by 1998 c. 11 s.23 Sch.5 Pt.IV Ch.II para.72
- power to am. (prosp.) by 1998 c. 47 s.87
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Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Order (including any effects on those provisions):
- Sch. 2 para. 18(15)(16) repealed by 2012 c. 3 (N.I.) Sch. 2 para. 4(b)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 18(8) repealed by 2008 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (Amendment could not be applied - affected provision not available on legislation.gov.uk)
- Sch. 2 Pt. 3 para. 18(18) repealed by 2008 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 6 Pt. 1 (Amendment could not be applied - affected provision not available on legislation.gov.uk)
- art. 37(1A)(a) word inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 2 para. 7(a)
- art. 37(1A)(b) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 2 para. 7(b)
- art. 51(5A)-(5C) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 43(1)
- art. 51(7A) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 41(1)(b)
- art. 51(9)(10) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 42(3) (This amending provision is itself amended by S.I. 2019/193, reg. 7)
- art. 67A(3)(aa)-(ac) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 45(3)
- art. 67A(9)(b)(viii)-(x) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 45(6)(b)
- art. 73(2)(2A) substituted for art. 73(2) by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 2 para. 11
- art. 75(1)-(1B) substituted for art. 75(1) by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) Sch. 2 para. 12
- art. 167(3)(aa) inserted by 2016 c. 1 (N.I.) s. 43(2)
[F1Prohibition orders: directors of corporate trustees etc.N.I.
3A—(1) A company is prohibited from being a trustee of a trust scheme at any time when an individual who is a director of the company is prohibited from being a trustee of the scheme by an order under Article 3.
(2) Where a company which is a trustee of a trust scheme becomes prohibited under paragraph (1) in relation to the scheme, that paragraph has the effect of removing the company as a trustee.
(3) The Authority may, on the application of a company, give notice in writing to the applicant waiving the prohibition under paragraph (1)—
(a)in relation to an individual against whom an order under Article 3 has been made, and
(b)either generally or in relation to a particular scheme or particular description of schemes.
(4) A notice may be given under paragraph (3) only if the Authority is satisfied that the applicant would be a fit and proper person to be a trustee of the scheme or schemes to which the notice relates despite the individual being, or even if the individual were to become, a director of the applicant.
(5) A notice given at any time under paragraph (3) cannot affect anything done before that time.
(6) An application under paragraph (3) may not be made—
(a)during the period within which the determination to exercise the power to make the order against the individual may be referred to the Tribunal under Article 91(3) or 94(7) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (whether by a company which became prohibited under paragraph (1) on the making of the order or by another person), and
(b)if the determination is so referred, until the reference, and any appeal against the Tribunal's determination, has been finally disposed of.
(7) The Authority must prepare and publish a statement of the policies they intend to adopt in relation to the exercise of their powers under this Article.
(8) The Authority may revise any statement published under paragraph (7) and must publish any revised statement.
(9) References in this Article to an order under Article 3 are to an order under that Article made on or after the date on which section45(2) of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 comes fully into operation.]
F1Art. 3A inserted (16.7.2015) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), ss. 45(2), 53(1); S.R. 2015/307, art. 2(1)(i)
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