The Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2018

These Regulations amend the Contracting-out (Transfer and Transfer Payment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) and the Occupational Pension Schemes (Schemes that were Contracted-out) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”) to allow contracted-out pension rights to be transferred without members' consent to schemes which have never been contracted-out of the additional state pension.