ANNEX: DEFINITIONS
AIP means assessed income period
	GMP means Guaranteed Minimum Pension
	PPF means Pension Protection Fund
	the 1995 Order means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))
	the 2005 Order means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1))
	the 2008 Act means the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1 (N.I.))
	the 2012 Act means the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3 (N.I.))
	the Contributions and Benefits Act means the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
	the Department means the Department for Social Development
	the Pension Schemes Act means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993 (c. 49)
	the Pensions (No. 2) Act means the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13 (N.I.))
	the State Pension Credit Act means the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I.))