The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 No. 290

SCHEDULE 2 N.I. Transitional provisions

PART 9 N.I. Transfer of final salary benefits

Member of this scheme or the PCSPS(NI) N.I.

45.—(1) This paragraph applies to a person who transfers final salary benefits into the PCSPS(NI)

(2) Unless the person is a protected member of the PCSPS(NI), [F1 the person’s service which has been transferred into the PCSPS(NI) is taken to be qualifying service for the purposes of this scheme and] the person—

(a) becomes a member of this scheme; and

(b) is taken to be a [F2 transition] member with continuity of service.

(3) If the person is a protected member of the PCSPS(NI), the scheme manager must determine, by reference to the rules of the PCSPS(NI), which Section of the PCSPS(NI) the person joins.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 2 para. 45(2) inserted (1.4.2015) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/181), regs. 1, 2(19)(a)

F2 Word in Sch. 2 para. 45(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/181), regs. 1, 2(19)(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 2 para. 45 in operation at 18.12.2014, see reg. 1(2)