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Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

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[F1[F2Payment of additional contributions: survivor benefits (ASBCs)N.I.

20A.(1) A member who wishes to pay additional contributions under regulation 14A (election to pay additional contributions: survivor benefits) of the Benefits Regulations must make a request to do so, in writing, to the Committee.

(2) A copy of the request must be sent to the member’s employing authority (if different) and must state the length of period (“the ASB payment period”) over which the member wishes to pay additional survivor benefits contributions (“ASBCs”).

(3) Before agreeing to the request the Committee may pass a resolution requiring the member—

(a)to satisfy it that the member is in reasonable health; and

(b)to produce to it a report, by an independent registered medical practitioner approved by the Committee, of the results of a medical examination (obtained at the member’s own expense),

and if the Committee is not satisfied, it may refuse the member’s request.

(4) The ASB payment period must end before the member’s normal retirement age.

(5) The member may only pay ASBCs if the Committee notifies the member in writing that it agrees to the request.

(6) The Government Actuary shall from time to time determine the amount of ASBCs required for any given amount of increased pension and may determine different amounts of ASBCs—

(a)for—

(i)persons of different ages; or

(ii)men or women; or

(b)by reference to the length of different payment periods.

(7) Where the Committee agrees to the member’s request—

(a)it must notify the member and the member’s employing authority (if different) of the amount of ASBCs payable in accordance with the Government Actuary’s determination, expressed as—

(i)an amount in pounds sterling; or

(ii)a percentage of pensionable pay; and

(b)the member must pay those ASBCs from the next payment period (as defined in regulation 9(6)) following the date of the Committee’s notification under paragraph (5).

(8) The Government Actuary may from time to time redetermine any amount determined under paragraph (6) and if he does so, the member must pay the redetermined ASBCs from 1st April next following the redetermination.

(9) If the member pays (or is treated under regulation 20B as having paid) ASBCs for the whole of the ASB payment period, the member must be credited with the additional survivor benefits of the amount that those ASBCs purchase.]]

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F1Regulations revoked (except reg. 4 for specified purposes, reg. 6 for specified purposes and reg. 11) (1.4.2015) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/189), regs. 1(1), 2(1), Sch. 2 (with regs. 3, 13, 14(1)(d), Sch. 5)

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