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Paragraph 16 Age related rules, practices, actions and decisions relating to benefitF1

Northern Ireland

(1)

Any rule, practice, action or decision where—

(a)

the rate of pension to which a pensioner member is entitled is reduced at any time between age 60 and F2that member’s state pension age (“the reduction date”), by either—

(i)

an amount not exceeding the relevant state retirement pension rate at the reduction date, or

(ii)

the rate of the pension in payment where on the reduction date the relevant state retirement pension rate is greater than the rate of that pension;

(b)

from the date a member is entitled to present payment of a pension from a scheme he is entitled to an additional amount of pension which does not exceed the amount of the basic state retirement pension plus the additional state retirement pension F3or the state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 that would be payable at state pension age, or

(c)

a member who reaches his state pension age is not entitled to, or no longer entitled to, an additional amount of pension which does not exceed the amount of the basic state retirement pension plus the additional state retirement pension F4or the state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 that would be payable at state pension age.

(2)

For the purposes of paragraph (1)—

  • “relevant state retirement pension rate” has the same meaning as in F5regulation 4(3)(b) of the Registered Pension Schemes (Bridging Pensions) and Appointed Day Regulations 2016 (pensions bridging: pensionable age on or after 6thApril 2016) ;

  • “state pension age” means the pensionable age specified in the rules in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the 1995 Order.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Sch. 1 paras. 12-16 substituted (1.12.2006) by The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (S.R. 2006/453), regs. 1(1), 2(3)(i)

F2

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(1)(a) substituted (15.5.2019) by The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/92), regs. 1, 2(a)

F3

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(1)(b) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/25), arts. 1, 3(b)

F4

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(1)(c) inserted (6.4.2016) by The Pensions (2015 Act) (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016/25), arts. 1, 3(c)

F5

Words in Sch. 1 para. 16(2) substituted (15.5.2019) by The Employment Equality (Age) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/92), regs. 1, 2(b)

Notes on Schedule 1

Commencement

I1

Sch. 1 para. 13 in operation at 1.12.2006, see reg. 1(1)