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Published date: 24 July 1990

Pensions Act, 1990 (No. 25)

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Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Part I Preliminary and General (ss. 1-7A)
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1. Short title and commencement.
In force
2. Interpretation.
In force
3. Offences.
In force
3A. Notice by Board of intention to prosecute.
In force
3B. Prosecutions.
In force
3C. Admissibility of certain documents in proceedings for an offence.
In force
3D. Presumptions in proceedings for an offence.
In force
4. Exchange of information.
In force
5. Regulations generally.
In force
5A. Regulations.
In force
5B. External schemes.
In force
6. Laying of regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.
In force
7. Expenses.
In force
7A. Professional Guidance of the Society of Actuaries in Ireland.
Part II Establishment of Pensions Board (ss. 8-26B)
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8. Establishment day.
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9. Establishment of Board.
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9A. Change of name of Pensions Board and chief executive
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10. Functions of Board.
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11. Conferral of additional functions on Board.
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12. Consultants and advisers.
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13. Gifts.
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14. Committees of Board.
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15. Chief executive.
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16. Staff of Board.
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17. Superannuation of staff of Board.
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18. Authorised persons.
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19. Membership of either House of Oireachtas or of European Parliament by members or staff of Board.
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20. Advances by Minister to Board.
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20A. Borrowing by Board.
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21. Disclosure by member of Board of interest in proposed contract.
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22. Accounts and audits of Board.
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22A. Attendance before Committee of Public Accounts.
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23. Reports and information to Minister.
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24. Disclosure of information.
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25. Fees payable to Board.
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26. Provision in relation to determinations by Board under sections 38, 53, 58, and 75.
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26A. Indemnity.
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26B. Pensions Council.
Part IIA Prudential supervision (ss. 26C-26AB)
Chapter 1 General (ss. 26C-26E)
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26C. Interpretation for Part.
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26D. Conflict between Part and schemes or trust RAC.
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26E. Service of documents for purpose of Part.
Chapter 2 Prudential supervision (ss. 26F-26I)
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26F. Objective of prudential supervision.
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26G. Scope of prudential supervision.
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26H. General principles of prudential supervision.
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26I. Prudential supervision: functions relating to powers of intervention and duties of Pensions Authority.
Chapter 3 Supervisory review process (ss. 26J-26L)
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26J. Supervisory review process.
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26K. Monitoring tools for financial condition of scheme or trust RAC.
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26L. Stress-test.
Chapter 4 Advisory Notice and External Report (ss. 26M-26S)
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26M. Advisory Notice.
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26N. Notice to trustees to provide External Report.
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26O. External Report reviewer.
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26P. Contract with External Report reviewer.
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26Q .Completion of External Report.
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26R. External Report: supplemental provisions.
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26S. Pensions Authority not bound by External Report nor liable for it.
Chapter 5 Part VIB compliance statement (ss. 26T-26U)
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26T. Part VIB compliance statement.
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26U. Section 26T: supplemental and transitional provisions.
Chapter 6 Information to be provided to Pensions Authority (ss. 26V-26W)
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26V. Information to be provided to Pensions Authority.
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26W. Transparency and accountability.
Chapter 7 Professional secrecy and exchange, and transmission, of information (ss. 26X-26AB)
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26X. Professional secrecy and use, and exchange, of confidential information.
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26Y. Transmission, by Pensions Authority, of information to Central Bank, and other persons.
In force
26Z. Disclosure of information to certain persons: financial requirements.
In force
26AA. Conditions for exchange of information.
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26AB. Provision of information, etc. to EIOPA.
Part III Preservation of Benefits (ss. 27-39A)
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27. Interpretation (Part III).
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28. Entitlement to preserved benefit.
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29. Preserved benefit - defined benefit scheme.
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30. Preserved benefit - defined contribution scheme.
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31. Payment of preserved benefit.
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32. Non-entitlement to refund of contributions.
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32A. Entitlement to refund of contributions where no entitlement to preserved benefit
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33. Revaluation of preserved benefit.
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34. Entitlement to transfer payment.
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35. Power of trustees to effect transfer payment.
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35A. Minimum Value of Contributory Retirement Benefit.
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36. Provisions of schemes relating to forfeiture and lien to be disregarded.
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37. Exclusion from and modification of Part III and Second Schedule.
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38. Conflict between Part III and schemes.
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39. Schemes may provide higher benefits.
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39A. Waiting period
Part IV Funding Standard (ss. 40-53)
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40. Interpretation (Part IV).
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41. Application.
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42. Actuarial funding certificate.
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43. Effective dates for actuarial funding certificates.
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44. Provisions relating to funding standard.
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45. Provisions relating to schemes commencing before 1 June 2002.
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46. Matters to which actuary is to have regard.
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47. Limitations on calculation of resources of relevant scheme.
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48. Priorities on winding up of relevant scheme.
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48A. Payment of certain amounts by Minister for Finance where resources of relevant scheme are not sufficient to discharge liabilities in respect of benefits referred to in section 48(1D).
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48B. Payment of moneys by Minister for Finance in respect of liabilities accruing under certain relevant schemes
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49. Funding proposal.
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50. Direction by Board to trustees.
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50A. Power to amend relevant scheme.
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50B. Direction by Board to trustees to wind up scheme.
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50C. Application to High Court
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51. Qualification for appointment as actuary of scheme.
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51A. Review of actuarial work.
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52. Exclusion from and modification of Part IV and Third Schedule.
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53. Conflict between Part IV and schemes.
Part IVA Certification of Certain Policies or Contracts of Assurance (ss. 53A-53D)
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53A. Definition.
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53B. Certification of certain policies or contracts of assurance.
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53C. Register of policies or contracts of assurance certified under section 53B.
Repealed
53D. Existing Policies or Contracts of Assurance.
Part IVB Regulatory Own Funds Schemes (ss. 53E-53N)
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53E. Interpretation.
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53F. Application.
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53G. Regulatory own funds trust RAC technical provisions certificate.
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53H. Requirement to hold additional resources.
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53I. Amount of regulatory own funds requirement.
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53J. Certification of regulatory own funds requirement.
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53K. Notification of regulatory own funds status.
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53L. Failure to satisfy funding standard, technical provisions requirement or regulatory own funds requirement.
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53M. Supervisory regulatory own funds certificate.
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53N. De facto regulatory own funds scheme or regulatory own funds trust RAC.
Part V Disclosure of Information in relation to Schemes and Trust RACs and Remittance of Contributions by Employers (ss. 54-58A)
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54. Disclosure of information in relation to schemes.
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54A. Provision of information by trustees of scheme or trust RAC in respect of certain stress-tests
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54B. Provision of information generally by trustees of scheme or trust RAC
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55. Annual reports.
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56. Audited accounts and actuarial valuations.
Not yet in force
56A. Indexation of pensions when in payment.
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57. Modification of Part V.
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58. Conflict between Part V and schemes.
In force
58A. Obligation of employer to remit contributions under scheme.
Part VI Trustees of Schemes (ss. 59-64A)
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59. General duties of trustees of schemes.
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59A. Qualifications of trustees.
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59AA. Trustee training.
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59AB. Investment rules
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59B. Reduction of benefit.
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59C. Increases to pensions in payment.
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59D. Duties of trustees on winding-up of scheme.
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59E. Duties of trustees in connection with bulk transfer.
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59F. Invalidity of amendments to scheme rules and of exercises of discretion in certain circumstances.
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59G. Trustee consent for early retirement.
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59H. Power to amend scheme rules in certain circumstances
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60. Duty to register scheme.
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61. Restriction of Perpetual Funds (Registration) Act, 1993.
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61A. Rule against perpetuities.
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61B. Restriction on borrowing.
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62. Selection by members of funded schemes of persons for appointment as trustees.
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63. Appointment and removal of trustees by High Court.
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63A. Suspension of trustees.
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63B. Offence.
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64. Appointment and removal of trustees by Board.
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64A. Conflict between Part VI and schemes.
Part VIA Registered Administrators (ss. 64B-64P)
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64B. Interpretation (Part VIA).
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64C. Register of Administrators.
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64D. Registration.
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64E. Renewal of registration.
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64F. Disqualifications.
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64G. Duties of registered administrators.
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64H. Termination of registration.
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64I. Appeals.
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64J. Offences.
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64K. Address for service.
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64L. Publication of termination, non-renewal or restriction.
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64M. Effect of registration or renewal.
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64N. Effect of termination or non-renewal.
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64O. Obligations of registered administrator following notification from Board.
Not yet in force
64P. Services of registered administrator and sale of other products.
Part VIB Conditions governing activities (ss. 64AA-64AU)
General (s. 64AA)
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64AA. Interpretation for Part
System of governance: general provisions (ss. 64AB-64AK)
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64AB. General governance requirements
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64AC. Governance: requirements in respect of number of trustees
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64AD. Requirements for fit and proper management: key function holder and persons to whom key function outsourced
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64AE. Requirements for fit and proper management: requirements in respect of good repute and integrity for appointment as trustee, key function holder; and for person to whom key function outsourced
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64AF. Section 64AE: supplementary provisions relating to evidence of compliance with proper requirements
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64AG. Remuneration Policy
System of governance: key functions (ss. 64AH-64AK)
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64AH. Key functions: general provisions
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64AI. Key function: risk management function
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64AJ. Internal Audit function
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64AK. Key function: actuarial function for regulatory own funds scheme and regulatory own funds trust RAC
Governance requirements: documents concerning governance (s. 64AL)
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64AL. Own-risk assessment
Chapter 2 Outsourcing and investment management (ss. 64AM-64AO)
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64AM. Outsourcing
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64AN. Request by Pensions Authority in relation to section 64AM arrangement
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64AO. Investment management
Chapter 3 Depositary (ss. 64AP-64AU)
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64AP. Appointment of depositary
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64AQ. Depositary: safekeeping of assets and depositary liability
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64AR. Depositary: oversight duties
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64AS. Certain requirements where no depositary appointed by trustees of scheme or trust RAC
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64AT. Conflict between Part and scheme or trust RAC
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64AU. Application of Part to one-member arrangement: transitional provisions
Part VII Equal Pension Treatment in Occupational Benefit Schemes (ss. 65-81J)
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65. Interpretation (Part VII).
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66. Discriminatory grounds for the purposes of this Part.
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67. Categories of persons to whom this Part applies.
In force
68. Indirect discrimination for the purposes of this Part.
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69. Obligation to comply with the principle of equal pension treatment.
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70. Principle of equal pension treatment.
Deleted
70A. Benefits granted under a scheme at discretion of its management body.
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71. Savings in relation to the gender ground.
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72. Savings in relation to the age, family and civil status grounds.
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73. Special provisions relating to the disability ground.
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74. Procuring, etc. discrimination or victimisation is an offence.
Deleted
74A. Equal treatment: contract of employment.
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75. Compliance with statutory requirements, etc.
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76. Burden of proof.
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77. Exclusion of discrimination on particular grounds in certain employments.
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78. Equal pension treatment and access.
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79. Benefits granted under a scheme at discretion of its management body.
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80. Non-compliance, compulsory levelling-up - gender.
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81. Non-compliance, compulsory levelling-up - grounds other than the gender ground.
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81A. Maternity provisions.
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81B. Family leave provisions.
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81C. Principle of equal pension treatment and collective agreements, etc.
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81D. Principle of equal pension treatment and contracts of employment.
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81E. The forum for seeking redress.
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81F. The forum for seeking redress - supplemental provisions.
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81G. Disputes as to whether a scheme is defined benefit or defined contribution.
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81H. Redress which may be ordered.
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81I. Reports to the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission.
In force
81J. Application of Employment Equality Act 1998.
Part VIIA Matters relating to satisfaction by certain members or certain persons of certain requirements relating to age at marriage or civil partnership (ss. 81K-81N)
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81K. Interpretation
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81L. Satisfaction of certain requirements relating to marriage or civil partnership in certain circumstances
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81M. Contributions required for benefits referred to in section 81L(1)(a)
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81N. Enforcement of entitlement of beneficiary
Part VIII Compulsory and Voluntary Reporting to the Board (ss. 82-85)
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82. Definition (Part VIII).
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83. Obligation to disclose misappropriation, etc., of resources of schemes to Board.
In force
84. Protection of person making report to Board.
In force
85. Privilege for Board publishing reports made to it under section 83, etc.
Part IX Miscellaneous Applications to the High Court (ss. 86-90)
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86. Definition.
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87. Court may order employer to pay arrears of contributions.
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88. Court may order restoration of resources of scheme or trust RAC.
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89. Court may order disposal of investment.
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90. Injunctions.
Part X Personal Retirement Savings Accounts (ss. 91-125)
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91. Interpretation (Part X).
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92. Application required for approval of PRSA product.
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93. Procedures for the granting of approval of PRSA products.
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94. Grant of approval of a PRSA product and code of conduct.
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95. Misleading statements.
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96. Application requirements.
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97. Suspension and withdrawal of approval of a PRSA product.
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98. Ownership of assets.
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99. Reporting obligations of PRSA providers.
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100. Unapproved PRSA products.
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101. PRSA products: supplemental provisions.
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102. Personal Retirement Savings Account product and Review of Coverage.
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103. Investment.
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104. Charges.
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105. Suspension or variation of contributions.
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106. Contributions.
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107. Security of contributions.
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108. Transfers between PRSA providers.
In force
109. Payment of PRSA assets to contributor.
In force
110. Marketing and sale of PRSAs.
In force
111. Preliminary disclosure certificate.
In force
112. Obligation to furnish Statements of Reasonable Projection.
In force
113. Disclosure before transfer from a scheme to a PRSA.
In force
114. General disclosure obligations.
In force
115. Power of Minister to prescribe information to be disclosed.
In force
116. Statement of Reasonable Projection.
In force
117. Functions of Board in relation to PRSAs.
In force
118. Functions of the auditor.
In force
119. Functions of the PRSA actuary.
In force
120. Functions of the administrator.
In force
121. Obligation of employer to provide access and to pay and to remit contributions.
Not yet in force
122. Replacement of buy-out bonds.
In force
123. Additional voluntary contribution arrangements.
In force
124. Transfers to defined benefit schemes and defined contribution schemes.
In force
125. Retirement annuity contracts and defined contribution schemes.
Part XI Pensions Ombudsman (ss. 126-147)
Revoked
126. Interpretation (Part XI).
Revoked
127. Establishment of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
128. Appointment of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
129. Term of office of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
130. Salary and superannuation.
Revoked
131. Functions of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
132. Procedures for internal resolution of disputes.
Revoked
133. Consultants and advisers.
Revoked
134. Exchange of information.
Revoked
135. Death or disability of actual or potential beneficiary.
Revoked
136. Staying court proceedings where a complaint is made or a dispute referred.
Revoked
137. Powers of Pensions Ombudsman in respect of investigations.
Revoked
138. Conduct of investigations.
Revoked
139. Determinations of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
140. Appeal to High Court from determinations of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
141. Enforcement of determinations of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
142. Notices.
Revoked
143. Accounts and audits of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
143A. Attendance before Committee of Public Accounts.
Revoked
144. Reports and information to Minister.
Revoked
145. Disclosure of Information.
Revoked
146. Staff of Pensions Ombudsman.
Revoked
147. Expenses of Pensions Ombudsman.
Part XII Cross-border Schemes (ss. 148-154)
In force
148. Interpretation (Part XII).
In force
148A. Service of documents for purpose of Part
In force
149. Authorisation to operate cross-border schemes.
In force
150. Revocation of authorisation.
In force
151. Approval to accept contributions.
In force
151A. Transfer from IORP in another Member State to receiving scheme or trust RAC.
In force
151B. Transfers from scheme or trust RAC to IORP in another Member State.
In force
152. Miscellaneous provisions relating to monitoring and enforcement.
In force
153. Functions of the Board in relation to institutions in another Member State.
In force
154. Application of this Act to members in another Member State.
Part XIII Co-operation by Pensions Authority (ss. 155-156)
In force
155. Interpretation.
In force
156. Co-operation generally.
In force
First Schedule An Bord Pinsean - The Pensions Board
In force
Second Schedule Preservation and Revaluation of Benefits and Minimum Value of Contributory Retirement Benefit
In force
Third Schedule Funding Standard - Benefits
In force
Fourth Schedule Application of Employment Equality Act 1998