The Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

Eligibility: general N.I.

153.—(1) A person is eligible to be an active member of [F1 this Section of] the Scheme [F2 on or after 1st April 2015] if conditions A to C are met and the person is not prevented by regulation 154, 155 or 158.

(2) Condition A is that the person is in practitioner service.

[F3 (3) Condition B is that the person—

(a) enters practitioner service on or after 1st April 2008 and has service (“relevant service”) as an active member of this Section of the Scheme—

(i) on or before 1st April 2012, or

(ii) after 1st April 2012, but only where that service is pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 10;

(b) has not had a break in service for any one period of five years or more ending in the period starting on 2nd April 2012 and finishing on 1st April 2015; and

(c) meets all of the “other Section conditions” (see paragraph (5)).

(4) Condition C is that the person has not reached the age of 75 and was born on, or before, 31st August 1960.

(5) The “other section conditions” are that—

(a) the person has not received a repayment of contributions under regulation 175 (Repayment of contributions) in respect of their relevant service;

(b) the person’s rights under this Section of the Scheme in respect of their relevant service have not been extinguished under regulation 226;

(c) the person is not entitled to a repayment of contributions under regulation 175 by virtue of paragraph (2)(a) to (c) of that regulation.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 153(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation Scheme, Compensation for Premature Retirement and Additional Voluntary Contributions), and Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/22), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 Pt. 1

F2 Words in reg. 153(1) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/122), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 16(2)

F3 Reg. 153(3)-(5) substituted for reg. 153(3)-(6) (1.4.2015) by The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/122), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 16(3)