Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement, interpretation and retrospection

  3. 2.Revocation of Regulations

  4. 3.Membership accrued before 1st April 2009: active members

  5. 4.Membership accrued before 1st April 2009: deferred members

  6. 5.Membership accrued before 1st April 2009: concurrent employments

  7. 6.Survivor benefits

  8. 7.Deferred members: limit on death grant

  9. 8.Members’ contributions: information

  10. 9.Members’ contributions: lower rate rights

  11. 10.Early leavers: ill-health

  12. 11.The 85 year rule

  13. 12.Application of abatement policy in individual cases

  14. 13.Pension sharing

  15. 14.Amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

  16. 15.Minor and consequential amendments

  17. 16.Transitional and transitory provisions and savings

  18. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      REGULATIONS REVOKED

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      THE 85 YEAR RULE: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

      1. 1.Subject to paragraph 7, where a member—

      2. 2.For the purposes of paragraph 1, the relevant date for...

      3. 3.(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a member satisfies...

      4. 4.(1) This paragraph applies to a member to whom regulation...

      5. 5.(1) This paragraph applies to a member who was a...

      6. 6.(1) Paragraphs 1 to 5 apply to a person who...

      7. 7.(1) This paragraph applies to a member who retires, having...

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2002

      1. 1.The 2002 Regulations shall be amended as provided by paragraphs...

      2. 2.In regulation 17 (optional contributions during absences), after paragraph (2)...

      3. 3.In regulation 41 (death grants), for paragraph (7) substitute—

      4. 4.For regulation 46 (meaning of “eligible child”), substitute— (1) Subject to paragraph (3), the child of a deceased...

      5. 5.In regulation 88 (rights to return of contributions) after paragraph...

      6. 6.In regulation 126 (credited periods for transferring members with mis-sold...

      7. 7.In regulation 137(b) (valuation date), delete “and regulation 139(1)”.

      8. 8.In regulation 139(1) (calculation), for “from the valuation date” substitute...

      9. 9.In Schedule 1 (interpretation), for the definition “occupational pension scheme”,...

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

      1. 1.The Local Government (Superannuation) (Milk Marketing Board for Northern Ireland) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

      2. 2.In regulation 1(2) (citation, commencement and interpretation)—

      3. 3.In regulation 2 (preservation of membership of scheme) at both...

      4. 4.Local Government Pension Scheme (Management and Investment of Funds) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

      5. 5.In regulation 2 (general interpretation)— (a) for the definition of...

      6. 6.In regulation 5 (management of the fund)—

      7. 7.The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

      8. 8.In regulation 2 (general interpretation)— (a) in paragraph (1)—

      9. 9.In regulation 32(1) (interpretation of Part V) for “as a...

      10. 10.In regulation 35(1) (allowances for pensioners)— (a) for sub-paragraph (b)...

      11. 11.The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

      12. 12.In regulation 2 (general interpretation)— (a) after the definition of...

      13. 13.In regulation 3(1)(b)(ii) (application of the regulations) for “regulation 7...

      14. 14.In regulation 5(1)(b) (discretionary compensation) for “regulation 54 (power of...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      TRANSITIONAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

      1. 1.In this Schedule— (a) “the former provisions” means any provisions...

      2. 2.(1) The substitution of the 2009 provisions for the former...

      3. 3.(1) Where— (a) any provision continues to have effect in...

      4. 4.(1) If any person to whom a relevant benefit is...

  20. Explanatory Note