PART 5Amendments to the Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1999
General
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The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 199950 are amended as provided by regulations 70 to 72.
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1
Regulation 2 (Interpretation) is amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).
2
In paragraph (1), in the definition of “dependent”51 in sub-paragraph (d), for “nominated partner” substitute “scheme partner”
;
3
For paragraphs (1A) to (1C)52, substitute—
1A
A person (P) is the scheme partner of a participator if —
a
the participator and P are living together as if they were husband and wife or civil partners,
b
the participator and P are not prevented from marrying or entering into a civil partnership,
c
the participator and P are financially interdependent or P is financially dependent on the participator, and
d
neither the participator nor P is living with a third person as if they were husband and wife or as if they were civil partners.
1B
A person is a surviving scheme partner of a participator, if the Department is satisfied that for a continuous period of at least two years, ending with the participator’s death, the person was the scheme partner of that participator
Amendment of regulation 1571
In paragraph (3) of regulation 15 (Payments by the Department), in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b)53 in each place for “nominated partner” substitute “surviving scheme partner”
.
Amendment of Schedule 272
In Schedule 2 (Pension Sharing On Divorce Or Nullity Of Marriage), in paragraph 11 (Payment of lump sum on death), in sub-paragraph (2)54, in each place for “nominated partner” substitute “surviving scheme partner”
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