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The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

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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(1);

(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

(c)

any other body;

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,”.

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