The Health and Social Care Pension Schemes (Remediable Service) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023

Premature retirement in the interests of efficiency N.I.

70.—(1) This regulation applies in relation to a relevant member (“ M”) who has remediable service that is pensionable service under the legacy scheme whether or not by virtue of section 2(1) of PSPJOA 2022 (“M’s remediable service”).

(2) Where this regulation applies and the scheme manager accepts an immediate choice election made in accordance with regulation 9 or a deferred choice election made in accordance with regulation 12 and, as a result of that election, the additional contribution due from the employing authority increases, the scheme manager must waive that increase.

(3) In paragraph (2), the additional contribution due from the employing authority is the amount the scheme manager determines is required to meet the cost of providing the pension in the 1995 Section or 2008 Section (whichever is relevant).

(4) In this regulation, “relevant member” means a member whose employment has been or is terminated by M’s employing authority in accordance with—

(a) regulation 14A of the 1995 Regulations(1) (early retirement pension (termination of employment by employing authority));

(b) or regulation 55 of the 2008 Regulations(2) (early retirement on termination of employment by employing authority).

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 70 in operation at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1

(1)

Regulation 14A was substituted by S.R. 2008 No.96 and amended by S.R. 2013 No.40; S.R 2013 No.259 and S.R 2015 No.121.

(2)

Regulation 55 was amended by S.R. 2009 No.188; S.R 2010 No.22; S.R 2013 Nos.40 and 259; and S.R 2015 No.121.