The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013

Amendment of regulation 24

10.—(1) Regulation 24 (Joining this Section of the Scheme), is amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) For paragraph (1), substitute—

“(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.”.

(3) For paragraph (3), substitute—

“(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) Omit paragraph (6).