The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Application and interpretation of Chapter 1 N.I.

17.—(1) This Chapter applies in relation to—

(a) a pension credit member (“C”),

(b) the corresponding pension debit member (“D”), and

(c) the pension sharing order by virtue of which C became a pension credit member in relation to D’s remediable police service (the “relevant pension sharing order”).

(2) In this Chapter—

F1 ...

(a)

(b)

“C” means the pension credit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(a);

“cash equivalent” means an amount calculated in accordance with regulations made under Article 27 of the 1999 Order;

“corresponding pension debit member” means the remedy member referred to in sub-paragraph (c) of the definition of “pension credit member”;

“D” means the corresponding pension debit member mentioned in paragraph (1)(b);

“pension credit member” means a member of a police pension scheme who has rights under the scheme—

(a)

which are attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension credit(1);

(b)

which arise by virtue of a pension sharing order with a transfer day on or after 1st April 2015, and

(c)

the value of which was determined (to any extent) by reference to the value of benefits payable in respect of the remediable police service of a remedy member;

“pension sharing order” means the order or provision by virtue of which Article 26 of the 1999 Order applies in relation to a pension credit member and the corresponding pension debit member;

“relevant pension sharing order” has the meaning given in paragraph (1)(c);

“remediable relevant benefits” means the benefits or future benefits described in Article 26(4) and (5) of the 1999 Order to which D is entitled by virtue of remediable shareable rights;

“remediable shareable rights” means D’s shareable rights secured by virtue of D’s remediable police service during the period beginning on 1st April 2015 and ending on the earlier of—

(a)

the day before the transfer day, or

(b)

the last day of D’s remediable police service;

“shareable rights” has the meaning given in Article 24(2) of the 1999 Order;

“transfer day” means the day on which the relevant pension sharing order takes effect;

“valuation day” has the meaning given in Article 26(7) of the 1999 Order.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 17(2) omitted (22.7.2024 with effect in accordance with) by virtue of The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 (S.R. 2024/138), regs. 1(2), 2(3)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 17 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)

(1)

See section 19(7) of PSPJOA 2022 for the meanings of “pension debit” and “pension credit”.