SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1975

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SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1975 - SECT 57



57.(1) On an application made to them in respect of an occupational pension
scheme (other than a public service pension scheme) by persons competent to
make such an application in respect of it, the Occupational Pensions Board
shall issue a determination as to whether or not the rules of the scheme
conform with the equal access requirements.

(2) The persons competent to make an application under this Article in respect
of a scheme are

(a)the trustees or managers of the scheme;

(b)any person other than the trustees or managers who has power to alter any
of the rules of the scheme;

(c)any person who is an employer of persons in service in an employment to
which the scheme applies;

(d)any member or prospective member of the scheme;

(e)such other persons as regulations may specify, in relation to any category
of schemes into which the scheme falls, as being proper persons to make an
application for the purposes of this Article in respect of a scheme of that
category.

(3) The Board may at any time of their own motion issue in respect of a scheme
which has come to their notice any determination which they could issue in the
case of that scheme on an application to them under paragraph (1); and this
paragraph applies in particular to a scheme which the Board are considering
with a view to contracting-out and one in respect of which an application has
been made to them under Article 60 for an order authorising the modification
of the scheme or modifying it.

(4) Any question arising in proceedings before any court or tribunal whether
the rules of an occupational pension scheme conform with the equal access
requirements shall be referred to the Occupational Pensions Board and
determined by that Board.

(5) At any time when the Occupational Pensions Board are concerned with a
scheme for the purpose of issuing a determination under this Article, they may
include a determination (whether or not applied for) as to any of the
particular matters specified in paragraph (2) of Article 55 or in that
paragraph as modified by regulations under paragraph (3) of that Article.

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SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1975 - SECT 57