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

Fair Deal eligible persons transferred out on or before 31st March 2012N.I.

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25.—[F1(1) This paragraph applies if—

(a)in the case of a person who is an Article 3(3A) eligible person, sub-paragraphs (2), (3), (4) and (5) apply; or

(b)in the case of a person who is a civil servant or a person serving in an employment or office listed in Schedule 1 to the 1972 Order, sub-paragraphs (2), (3) and (5) apply.]

(2) This sub-paragraph applies if—

(a)P ceased to be an active member of the PCSPS(NI) on a date (P’s transfer date) on or before 31st March 2012;

[F2(b)P begins service which is pensionable under the PCSPS(NI) as—

(i)an Article 3(3A) eligible person;

(ii)a civil servant; or

(iii)a person serving in an employment or office listed in Schedule 1 to the 1972 Order,

on a date (P’s re-joining date) after 31st March 2012;] and

(c)Between P’s transfer date and P’s re-joining date—

(i)P was not eligible to be in pensionable service under the PCSPS(NI) [F3and was continuously employed to carry out functions or services related to P’s pensionable service under the PCSPS(NI) before P’s transfer date] ; or

(ii)P was only eligible to be in pensionable service under the PCSPS(NI) as a result of a transfer of the transferred services, and during such period that P would have been eligible to be in pensionable service under the PCSPS(NI) as a result of the transfer P was–

(aa)an active member of the PCSPS(NI); and

(bb)continuously employed to carry out the transferred services whilst P was eligible to be in pensionable service under the PCSPS(NI).

[F4(3) This sub-paragraph applies if P is an active member of the PCSPS(NI) as—

(a)an Article 3(3A) eligible person;

(b)a civil servant; or

(c)a person serving in an employment or office listed in Schedule 1 to the 1972 Order,

continuously after P’s re-joining date.]

(4) This sub-paragraph applies if P is a Fair Deal eligible person.

(5) This sub-paragraph applies if P would, unless P dies, reach normal pension age under the PCSPS(NI) during the period beginning with 2nd April 2022 and ending with 1st September 2025.

(6) In this paragraph, “continuously” means without a gap of any period.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 25 in operation at 18.12.2014, see reg. 1(2)