(1) Article 3 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 (superannuation schemes in respect of civil servants etc.) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (8) [Paragraph (8) was inserted by the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990, S.I. 1990/1509 (N.I. 13), Article 10, and amended by the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49), Schedule 7, paragraph 14.], for the definition of "authorised provider" substitute -
""authorised provider", in relation to the investment of any sums paid by way of voluntary contributions or the provision of any benefit, means -
(a) a person who has permission under Part 4 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 to invest such sums or, as the case may be, to provide that benefit;
(b) an EEA firm of a kind mentioned in paragraph 5(a), (b) or (c) of Schedule 3 to that Act, which has permission under paragraph 15 of that Schedule (as a result of qualifying for authorisation under paragraph 12 of that Sched
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