The Judicial Pensions (Remediable Service etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Scheme rules that prohibit unauthorised paymentsN.I.

This section has no associated Explanatory Memorandum

28.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a)a payment from a judicial scheme is permitted or required to be made under this Part,

(b)the payment, if made, would be an unauthorised payment(1), and

(c)a rule of the scheme prohibits the scheme from making unauthorised payments.

(2) The payment may be made only if it falls within a description of payments that correspond to a description of payments specified for the purposes of section 63 of PSPJOA 2022 in Treasury directions.

(3) Paragraph (4) applies where—

(a)in the course of taking the steps mentioned in regulation 16 a payment is made from a partnership pension account,

(b)the payment, if made, would be an unauthorised payment, and

(c)a rule of the scheme prohibits the scheme from making unauthorised payments.

(4) The payment may be made notwithstanding the rule mentioned in paragraph (3)(c).

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 28 in operation at 24.7.2023, see reg. 1(b)

(1)

See section 63(5) of PSPJOA 2022 for the meaning of “unauthorised payment”.