The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) and Health and Personal Social Services (Injury Benefits) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Amendment of regulation 10

27.—(1) Regulation 10 (Meaning of “ qualifying service”) is amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In paragraph (1)(b), after “pension arrangement” insert “(including the HPSS Superannuation Scheme 1995)”.

(3) After paragraph (1)(e) add—

• “; and

  (f)

  in the case of a person—

  (i)

  who is eligible to join the Scheme by virtue of regulation 21(5)(c), and

  (ii)

  for whom the interval between leaving the HPSS Superannuation Scheme 1995 and joining the Scheme is less than one month,

  a period equal to the period of qualifying service (within the meaning of the 1995 Regulations), measured in years and days, that the member was entitled to count under regulation 5 of the 1995 Regulations when the member left that scheme.”.