The Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 No. 256

PART 4 N.I. BENEFITS IN CASES OF MIXED SERVICE

CHAPTER 2 N.I. COMPARISON OF ENTITLEMENTS

Officer service before practitioner service N.I.

Cases with up to 10 years of officer service N.I.

264.—(1) Where a member has not more than 10 years of pensionable service before first becoming a principal medical practitioner, the reference amount shall be the best of—

(a) the amount determined by calculation method A,

(b) the amount determined by calculation method B, and

(c) where—

(i) the benefit is payable on retirement or death of the member, and

(ii) the condition is met,

the base amount.

(2) The condition mentioned in paragraph (1)(c)(ii) is that—

(a) the amount of pension payable under Part 2 would be greater than the amount of pension payable under Part 3, where—

(i) any enhancement for the purposes of regulation 52 or 182 (enhancement of ill-health pensions), as appropriate, is ignored,

(ii) any additional pension is disregarded, and

(iii) any increase under the Pensions (Increase) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971 is applied, and

(b) the amount determined by calculation method B is less than the base amount.

Cases with more than 10 years of officer service N.I.

265.  Where a member has more than 10 years of pensionable service before first becoming a principal medical practitioner, the reference amount shall be the better of—

(a) the amount determined by calculation method A, and

(b) the base amount.