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

Pensionable service limitN.I.

275.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), in determining whether or not a member has reached 45 years of pensionable service for the purposes of regulation 7, the amount of pensionable service accrued under Part 3 shall be included in the aggregate calculated under paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), in determining whether or not a member has reached 45 years of pensionable service for the purposes of regulation 139, the amount of pensionable service accrued under Part 2 shall be included in the aggregate calculated under paragraph (1) of that regulation.

(3) Where a person is concurrently in officer service and practitioner service in any year, that year shall count as a single year for the purpose of calculating 45 years pensionable service.

(4) Where the aggregate of pensionable service under Part 2 and Part 3 is in excess of 45 years—

(a)benefits under each of Part 2 and Part 3 shall be calculated by reference to such number of years as the Department determines;

(b)the aggregate of pensionable service under Part 2 and Part 3 determined in sub-paragraph (a) shall be 45 years; and

(c)the Department shall select the years by reference to which the benefits under each Part are to be calculated, selecting the years which produce the most favourable result to the member.

[F1(5) Where a member is also a member of the [F21995 Section] , any reference in this Part to “45 years” shall be taken to be a reference to a shorter period determined by the formula—

where—

  • SP is the shorter period, measured in years and days, and

  • LSS is the length of superannuable service (within the meaning of the 1995 Regulations), measured in years and days, giving rise to membership of the [F21995 Section] and, in the case of a member of [F3that Section] who has become entitled to a pension (including a preserved pension) under [F3that Section] , including any period that was taken into account for the purpose of determining whether the member was entitled to that pension, or for the purpose of calculating the amount of that pension.]

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