Introductory text

Local Government

Made 5th May 2020

Coming into operation 31st May 2020

The Department for Communities^f1, with the consent of the Department of Finance^f2, makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1, 3 and 25 of, and Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014^f3.

In accordance with section 21 of that Act, the Department has consulted with such persons or representatives of such persons as appear to the Department likely to be affected by these Regulations.

The retrospective provisions contained in these Regulations do not appear to the Department to have significant adverse effects in relation to the pension payable to or in respect of members of the scheme established by The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014^f4 or the schemes preserved by the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014^f5, nor in any other way in relation to members of those schemes. Accordingly, the procedures set out in section 23 of that Act are not applicable in respect of these Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1: Formerly known as the Department for Social Development; see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I.). Article 8 of and Schedule 5 to the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 (S.R. 2016 No. 76) transferred functions to the Department for Communities which were previously exercisable by the Department of the Environment.
f2: Formerly known as the Department of Finance and Personnel; see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I).
f3: 2014 c. 2 (N.I).
f4: S.R. 2014 No. 188 as amended by S.R. 2015 No. 77, S.R. 2015 No. 162, S.R. 2016 No. 128 and S.R. 2019 No. 206.
f5: S.R. 2014 No. 189 as amended by S.R. 2015 No. 162, S.R. 2016 No. 128, S.R. 2016 No. 329 and S.R. 2019 No. 206.