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

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Joining [F1this Section of] the SchemeN.I.

156.[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)in circumstances where the person has previously opted out of this Section of the Scheme under regulation 157(1), on that person’s—

(i)automatic enrolment date; or

(ii)automatic re-enrolment date, except where the notice referred to in regulation 157(1) was given within the 12 months immediately preceding that date.]

(2) A person who is eligible to be such a member by virtue of falling within regulation 153(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 157(1) in respect of an employment in which that person was an active member, and who remains eligible to be such a 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) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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