Amendment of the Principal Regulations
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24. In Schedule 1 (interpretation)—
(a)after the definition of “the 2009 Regulations” insert—
““the 2014 Act” means the Public Service Pension Act (Northern Ireland) 2014()”;
(b)in the definition of “eligible child”—
(i)for “Condition B” substitute—
“Condition B is that the person is in full-time education or vocational training and has not reached the age of twenty-three, but the Committee may—
(i)
continue to treat a person as fulfilling condition B notwithstanding any break in a course of the education or vocational training; or
(ii)
suspend payment of any entitlement to benefits under regulations 43 (survivor benefits: children of active members), 48 (survivor benefits: children of deferred members) and 53 (survivor benefits: children of pensioner members) during such a break.”; and
(ii)in Condition C, in sub-paragraph (ii), delete “that”;
(c)in the definition of “guarantor” for “inheriting employer” substitute “inheriting body”;
(d)for the definition of “inheriting employer” substitute—
““inheriting body” means—
(a)
an admission body which continues to employ active members or whose admission agreement otherwise remains in effect;
(b)
an employing authority which employs active members at the date on which the original employer withdraws from the Scheme; and
which has agreed to accept responsibility for some or all of the liabilities of the original employer towards the Scheme;; and”; and
(e)in the definition of “inherited liabilities” for “regulation 70 or 71” substitute “regulation 71(1), 71(10) or 71(11)”;
(f)in the definition of “original employer” for “inheriting employer” substitute “inheriting body”; and
(g)in the definition of “statutory pay” for “statutory maternity,” substitute “statutory sick, maternity,”.