S.I. No. 120/2003 - Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Sections 45 To 49) (Commencement) Order, 2003

1. This Order may be cited as the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002 (Sections 45 to 49) (Commencement) Order, 2003.

Commencement.

2. The 28th day of March 2003 is hereby appointed as the day on which

Sections 45 to 49

of the

Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002

shall come into operation.

GIVEN

under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, this 28th day of March 2003.

Mary Coughlan

Minister for Social and Family Affairs

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order provides for the commencement of

sections 45 to 49

of the

Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002

.

Section 45 amends section 80 of the Principal Act, which protects an employee from dismissal in the event of s (he) making a voluntary or compulsory report to the Pensions Board concerning the state and conduct of an occupational pension scheme or PRSA.

Sections 46 to 49 amend the

Pensions Act 1990

to include PRSAs in those sections of the Act which relate to compulsory and voluntary reporting provisions.

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by

section 1

of the

Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002

(No. 18 of 2002), hereby orders as follows

Citation.