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

Provisional reductions and later adjustments N.I.

247.—(1) If it appears to the Department that the condition in regulation 243(2) will be met in any [F1 financial year] in respect of the old service pension for that year, the Department may reduce the amount of that pension paid at any time in the [F1 financial year].

(2) Where the old service pension for a [F1 financial year] is being reduced under this Chapter, the Department must review the amount of the reduction—

(a) at the end of the [F1 financial year], and

(b) at any time during the [F1 financial year] if it appears to the Department that—

(i) the amount of the reduction made for the year is or may become incorrect, or

(ii) no reduction should be made.

(3) If at any time during the [F1 financial year] it so appears, the Department must make such adjustments, whether by altering the amount of the reduction or by repaying to the employed pensioner any amount that should not have been deducted from the pension, as appear to the Department to be required.

(4) If at the end of the [F1 financial year] it is apparent that—

(a) the reduction in the old service pension for the year was excessive, or

(b) no such reduction should have been made,

the Department must repay the amount due to the employed pensioner.

(5) If at the end of the [F1 financial year] it is apparent that the old service pension paid for the year exceeded the amount due because the reduction in the old service pension required under regulation 243 was not made, the employed pensioner must repay the excess to the Department.

(6) Paragraph (5) does not affect the Department's right to recover a payment or overpayment in any case where the Department considers it appropriate to do so.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 247 substituted (retrospective and with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation Scheme and Additional Voluntary Contributions), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2013 (S.R. 2013/259), regs. 1(2), 49