The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Members of an existing schemeN.I.

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23.—(1) This paragraph applies if—

(a)P was an active member of an existing scheme other than the PCSPS(NI) or an existing public body pension scheme on the closing date for that scheme;

(b)P was an active member of an existing scheme or an existing public body pension scheme (“P’s transitional scheme”) on 31st March 2012;

(c)P begins service which is pensionable under the PCSPS(NI) not more than 5 years after leaving pensionable service under an existing scheme other than the PCSPS(NI);

(d)P would have been a protected member of the existing scheme referred to in paragraph (c) had P re-entered service which is pensionable under that scheme on the date P begins service which is pensionable under the PCSPS(NI); and

(e)P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under—

(i)the PCSPS(NI) during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 1st September 2025; and

(ii)P’s transitional scheme on or before 1st September 2025.

(2) For the purposes of this paragraph—

(a)the closing date for an existing scheme is the date referred to in section 18(4) of the Act, as applicable;

(b)the closing date for an existing public body pension scheme is the date determined under section 32(2) of the Act by the public authority responsible for that scheme;

(c)“exception”, in relation to an existing scheme, means an exception under section 18(5) or 18(6) of the Act provided for in [F1scheme regulations in relation to that scheme] ; and

(d)“protected member of the existing scheme” means a person in respect of whom an exception applies for the purposes of that scheme.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 23 in operation at 18.12.2014, see reg. 1(2)