Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002

PART 1 Preliminary and General

1 Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 2002.

(2) The Principal Act, the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1996, and this Act may be cited together as the Pensions Acts, 1990 to 2002, and shall be construed together as one.

(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(4) Without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing, different days may be so appointed for the coming into operation of section 3 of this Act as respects different provisions of the Part inserted in the Principal Act by that section.

2 Definitions.

2.—In this Act—

“Minister” means the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs;

“Principal Act” means the Pensions Act, 1990.

PART 2 Personal Retirement Savings Accounts

3 Insertion of Part X in Principal Act.

3.—The Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following Part after Part IX—