26. The Principal Act is amended by inserting the following section after section 9:

“Change of name of Pensions Board and chief executive

9A. (1) The name of the Pensions Board is changed, and on and after the commencement of section 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 it shall be known, in the English language, as the Pensions Authority or, in the Irish language, as An tÚdarás Pinsean.

(2) References in this Act or in any other enactment to the Pensions Board shall, on and after the commencement of section 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013, be construed as references to the Pensions Authority.

(3) The position, heretofore known as the chief executive of the Pensions Board shall, on and after the commencement of section 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013, be known as the Pensions Regulator.

(4) References in this Act or in any other enactment to the chief executive of the Pensions Board shall, on and after the commencement of section 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013, be construed as references to the Pensions Regulator.

(5) In this section, ‘enactment’ has the same meaning as it has in the Interpretation Act 2005.”.