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

Joining [F1 this Section of] the Scheme N.I.

24.— [F2 (1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person in HSC employment who is eligible to be an active member of this Section of the Scheme, becomes such a member, unless absent from work for any reason, on either—

(a) the commencement of the person’s employment; or

(b) where the person has previously opted out of this Section of the Scheme under regulation 25(1) and is a person to whom section 3 or section 5 of the 2008 Act applies—

(i) on that person’s automatic enrolment date, or

(ii) on that person’s automatic re-enrolment date, except where the notice referred to in regulation 25(1) was given within 12 months immediately preceding that date.]

(2) A person who is eligible to be such a member by virtue of falling within regulation 21(3)(b) may opt to become such a member by giving notice in writing to the employing authority.

[F3 (3) A person who has previously exercised an option to opt out of this Section of the Scheme in accordance with regulation 25(1) in respect of an employment in which that person was an active member, and who remains eligible to be an active member in respect of that employment, may opt to join or re-join this Section of the scheme by giving notice in writing to the employing authority in such form as the Department requires.]

(4) A notice under paragraph (3) takes effect—

(a) from the beginning of the first pay period to begin after the notice is received by the employing authority, or

(b) if the notice specifies a date that is the first day of a later pay period, from that date.

(5) A notice under paragraph (3) may not be given by a person who is absent from work for any reason.

F4 (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 24 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 Reg. 24(1) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending Rule) by The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/73), regs. 1(2), 10(2)

F3 Reg. 24(3) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending Rule) by The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/73), regs. 1(2), 10(3)

F4 Reg. 24(6) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(3)(b) of the amending Rule) by virtue of The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/73), regs. 1(2), 10(4)