Paragraph 1 The Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995

(1)

The Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 in their application to members of the judicial pension schemes constituted—

(a)

under or by virtue of the County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959 as modified and amended; and

(b)

under or by virtue of the Resident Magistrates’ Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1960 as modified and amended,

are amended as follows.

(2)

In regulation 1.2 (interpretation), in paragraph (1), in the definition of “additional voluntary contributions” after “surviving spouse’s” insert “or surviving civil partner’s”.

(3)

In regulation 2.7 (aggregated retirement benefit), in paragraph (2), after “surviving spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”.

(4)

In regulation 2.9 (rate of surviving spouse’s or children’s pension), in paragraph (1), —

(a)

after “surviving spouse’s” insert “or surviving civil partner’s”, and

(b)

after “surviving spouse” insert “or surviving civil partner”.

(5)

In regulation 2.20 (benefits which may be provided), in paragraph (2)(d)(i), after “spouse” insert “or civil partner”.

(6)

In regulation 2.21 (payment of benefits), in paragraph (b), after “surviving spouse’s” insert “or surviving civil partner’s”.

(7)

Amend regulation 4.7 (refund of contributions) as follows—

(a)

in paragraph (1), for “is both unmarried and has no eligible children” substitute “is neither married, nor a civil partner and has no eligible children”, and

(b)

in paragraph (2), after “spouse” insert “or a civil partner”.

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Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1995/189 as amended by S.R. 1996/10.