The Health Service Workers (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

PART 1 Introductory

Citation, commencement and expiry

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Health Service Workers (Consequential Provisions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016.

2.  Regulation 4 comes into operation on the same day as paragraph 38 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015(1) comes into operation. On that day regulation 9 of the Health Service Workers (Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015(2) ceases to have effect.

Interpretation

3.  In these Regulations—

“the 1993 Act” means the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993(3);

“the new scheme” means the pension scheme established by regulations made under section 1(1) and (2)(e) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of health service workers;

“the old scheme” means the Health and Social Care Pension Scheme, as constituted by the Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(4) and the Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008(5).

(1)

2015 c.5 (N.I.)

(2)

S.R. 2015 No.167

(3)

1993 c.49

(4)

S.R. 1995 No.95 as amended by S.R. 1997 Nos.217 and 390; S.R. 1998 No.299; S.R. 1999 No.293; S.R. 2002 No.69; S.R. 2004 Nos.103 and 104; S.R. 2005 Nos.155, 533, 534 and 565; S.R. 2006 Nos.159 and 410; S.R. 2008 Nos.96, 130 and 163; S.R. 2009 Nos.65 and 188; S.R. 2010 Nos.22, 286 and 420; S.R. 2011 No.256; S.R. 2012 Nos. 42 and 78; S.R. 2013 Nos.40, 73, 247 and 259; S.R. 2014 Nos.59 and 225 and S.R. 2015 Nos.121 and 122

(5)

S.R. 2008 No.256 as amended by S.R. 2009 Nos.65 and 188; S.R. 2010 Nos.22, 286 and 420; S.R. 2011 No.256; S.R. 2012 Nos.42 and 78; S.R. 2013 Nos.40, 73, 247 and 259; S.R. 2014 Nos.59 and 225 and S.R. 2015 Nos.121 and 122