S.I. No. 120 of 2003

PENSIONS (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2002 (SECTIONS 45 TO 49) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 2003

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.

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.

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.