The Health and Social Care Pension Schemes, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Injury Benefits (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2022

Amendment of regulation 182 N.I.

48.—(1) Regulation 182 (Early retirement on ill-health (Active members and non-contributing members))(1) is amended as provided by paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) In paragraph (5)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) is increased by the enhancement period where the member—

(i) has not had a break in pensionable service of 12 months or more; or

(ii) has returned to pensionable employment 12 months or more after having a break in such service and it would be more favourable to the member to treat the member’s pensionable service before and after the break, and all such other breaks (if any) as continuous;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “(a)” insert “(ii)”.

(3) In paragraph (7)—

(a) for “If the member’s pensionable service includes both officer service and practitioner service—” substitute “If a member is entitled to have the member’s pensionable service increased by the enhancement period—”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (b), after “(under Part 2)” insert “, if any,”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 48 in operation at 16.8.2022, see reg. 1(2)

(1)

Regulation 182 as amended by S.R. 2009 No.188, regulation 57; S.R. 2010 No.22, regulation 73 and S.R. 2010 No.286, regulation 41