PART 5Modification of short service benefit provisions

Short service benefitI115

1

This regulation applies to a person (P) to whom—

a

regulation 74(a) of the Teachers’ Pensions Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 201417 (meaning of “actuarial adjustment”) applies; and

b

regulation 73 of those Regulations (meaning of “standard reduction”) does not apply.

2

For the purposes of the requirements in sections 67, 68, 70 and 71 of the 1993 Act, and in any subordinate legislation made under Chapter 1 of Part 4 of that Act, as they apply in relation to P and the calculation of P’s benefits under the provisions of the Teachers’ Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 specified in paragraph (3), any difference is to be disregarded—

a

between P’s entitlement to benefits and any active member’s entitlement to benefits, or

b

between the computation of P’s benefits and any computation of benefits of an active member,

is to be ignored.

3

The provisions of the Regulations referred to in paragraph (2) are—

a

regulation 96 (annual rate of phased retirement pension);

b

regulation 102 (annual rate of premature retirement pension);

c

regulation 105 (annual rate of early retirement pension);

d

paragraph (b)(iii) of regulation 186 (contributions under Schedule 2); and

e

Part 4 of Schedule 2 (election to buy out the standard reduction).