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

[F1 Calculation method D N.I.

(1) Calculation method D is the aggregate of the amounts payable under paragraphs (2), (3) and (4).

(2) The amounts payable under this paragraph are the additional amount that would be payable under Part 2 for the member’s period, or periods, of non-concurrent officer service (described in regulation 269A of this Part) in respect of the member’s pension and any retirement lump sum payable—

(a) as a result of the member exercising the option under regulation 185, and

(b) in the case of a 2008 Section Optant, the lump sum paid to that Optant under regulation 260K,

if those amounts were each subject to a 1.5% increase for each whole year or part of a year within the increment period.

• This is subject to paragraph (5).

(3) The amounts payable under this paragraph are the amounts that would be payable under Part 2 for the member’s period, or periods, of non-concurrent officer service (described in regulation 269A of this Part), were it not for the additional amounts calculated under paragraph (2).

(4) The amounts payable under this paragraph are the amounts payable under Chapter 4 of Part 3.

(5) For the purposes of paragraph (2)—

(a) the increase referred to in that paragraph shall—

(i) be applied in like manner and at the same intervals as an increase applied to a pension under the Pensions (Increase) Act (Northern Ireland) 1971, and

(ii) be effective immediately before the pension and lump sum become payable with the member’s benefits from practitioner service under Chapter 4 of Part 3; and

(b) the increment period referred to in paragraph (2) shall—

(i) begin with the day immediately following the day on which the officer service referred to in paragraph (2) ceased for the last time, and

(ii) end with the day immediately before the pension and retirement lump sum become payable with the member’s benefits from practitioner service under Chapter 4 of Part 3.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Reg. 272A added (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation Scheme, Compensation for Premature Retirement and Additional Voluntary Contributions), and Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2010 (S.R. 2010/22), regs. 1(2), 103