Teachers' Superannuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

Relevant service

E27.—(1) In the case of a man, and in the case of a woman in relation to a nominated beneficiary or a widower on whose marriage to her a nomination ceased to have effect, relevant service comprises, subject to paragraph (3)—

(a) any period of pensionable employment after 31st March 1972;

(b) any period beginning after that date for which additional contributions have been paid under regulation C6 or C7;

(c) any period for which additional contributions have been paid under regulation C3 or C5(1) in accordance with an election made after 31st March 1974;

(d) if a transfer value has been received in respect of comparable service, the period that would, immediately before its receipt, have counted for family benefits in the relevant superannuation scheme;

(e) any period counting as reckonable service by virtue of the receipt of any other transfer value under regulation F4 or under the Teachers' Superannuation (Added Years and Interchange) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1974(1);

(f) any period in respect of which family benefit contributions have, or are to be treated as having, been paid under Part I of Schedule 6; and

(g) in the case of a member, so much of his credited service as does not exceed the total of his normal service and any additional period, and in addition any period that fell to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 6.

(2) In relation to a widower not falling within paragraph (1), the deceased’s relevant service comprises, subject to paragraph (3)—

(a) so much of the periods described in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (d) as consists of, or is attributable to, service after 5th April 1988; and

(b) any period for which additional contributions have been paid under regulation C3 in accordance with an election made after 17th November 1988; and

(c) any period in respect of which family benefit contributions have, or are to be treated as having, been paid under Part II of Schedule 6; and

(d) if the deceased entered pensionable employment after 5th April 1988, and a transfer value offered in respect of him was accepted under regulation F4, any period counting as reckonable service by virtue of the receipt of the transfer value.

(3) Relevant service does not include any contributions refund period.

(1)

S.R. 1974 No. 185, revoked by S.R. 1977 No. 260