http://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2023/132/regulation/15The Health and Social Care Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023enHEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES;PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONSStatute Law Database2024-05-22Expert Participation2024-04-01 The Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) makes provision and confers powers to make further provision (in the form of “scheme regulations” as defined in chapter 2 of the 2014 Act), about the establishment of public service pension schemes. There are two Health and Social Care Pension Schemes: a scheme divided into two sections known as the 1995 Section, established by the Health and Social Services (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995(S.R. 1995 No. 95) (“the 1995 Regulations”), and the 2008 Section, established by the Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008 No. 256) (“the 2008 Regulations) (together “the legacy scheme”), and the scheme established by the Health and Social Care Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015 No. 120) (“the 2015 scheme”). The Health and Social Care Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) (S.R. No. 122) (“the 2015 Transitional Regulations”) provided for the treatment and payment of legacy scheme benefits to certain members of the 2015 scheme. Transitional protection of this kind provided when reformed public service pensions were introduced in 2015 was found to discriminate against public service pension scheme members on the basis of age. PART 4Voluntary contributions Elections to pay contributions for additional pension: where they must be treated as if paid under a corresponding option exercised under the 1995 Regulations or the 2008 Regulations 15 1 This regulation applies to a deferred choice member where, during the remedy period, one or both of the following occurred— a the member’s additional pension account was credited with an amount of additional pension in accordance with 2015 regulation 61; b the member paid contributions in respect of an additional pension election in accordance with 2015 regulation 63. 2 Where this regulation applies— a all the member’s rights secured by the credit or payment of contributions mentioned in paragraph (1) are extinguished; and b those contributions must be treated as if they had been paid in the relevant scheme year in which they were paid under a corresponding option exercised under the 1995 Regulations or the 2008 Regulations. 3 For the purposes of this regulation, the reference to “£5,000” in paragraph (7) of 1995 regulation 73A, 2008 regulation 34 and 2008 regulation 165 is to be read as if it were a reference to “£12,079”. 4 Paragraph (5) applies where the member’s contributions are treated as if they had been paid under a corresponding option in accordance with paragraph (2)(b). 5 Where this paragraph applies, the scheme manager must, after having regard to the advice of the scheme actuary, take those contributions into account when making one or both of the determinations mentioned in paragraph (6). 6 For the purposes of paragraph (5), the determinations are— a whether the scheme manager is prohibited from accepting an election from a member under regulation 54(2) of the 2015 Regulations (election to pay contributions for additional pension) in so far as the effect of accepting it would be to provide the member with one or more pensions which exceeds, or in aggregate exceed, the overall limit that applies to such provision under regulation 60 of those Regulations (overall limit on extra pension) for providing additional pensions; and b whether the scheme manager is prohibited from accepting an election from a member under regulation 42(1) of the 2015 Regulations (eligibility to make buy-out election) because the value of the actuarial reduction bought out exceeds the greater of the first and second amounts in regulation 45(3) of those Regulations (overall limit on extra pension). Reg. 15 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1
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Reg. 15 in operation at 1.10.2023, see
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