2A.—(1) A person (P) is an active member of this scheme if—
(a)P is in pensionable service under this scheme; or
(b)P is not in pensionable service under this scheme and paragraph (2) or (3) applies.
(2) This paragraph applies if P is on unpaid authorised absence.
(3) This paragraph applies if—
(a)P is in scheme employment;
(b)P is on unpaid sick leave or on unpaid child-related leave; and
(c)P was an active member of this scheme, the PCSPS(NI) or another permitted pension scheme immediately before that leave began.
(4) In this regulation “another permitted pension scheme” means, in relation to P, a pension scheme approved by the scheme manager for the purposes of this regulation.]
Textual Amendments
F1Regs. 2A-2C inserted (with effect in accordance with of the amending Rule) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022 (S.R. 2022/67), regs. 1(2), 4