Introductory text

Northern Ireland

Local Government

Made 28th August 2024

Coming into operation 31st August 2024

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(1) and 3(1) to (3) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014^f3, and now vested in it^f4; and sections 80(1),and (3) and 81(1), (6) and (7) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022^f5.

In accordance with section 21 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014, the Department for Communities 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 regulation 2 of these Regulations do not appear to the Department for Communities 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^f6 or the schemes preserved by the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014^f7, nor in any other way in relation to members of those schemes. Accordingly, the procedures set out in section 23 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 are not applicable in respect of these Regulations.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Formerly known as the Department for Social Development; see the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 c.5 (N.I.)
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: See S.R. 2016 No. 76, Article 8 of and Schedule 5 to the Departments (Transfer of Functions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2016 transferred functions to the Department for Communities which were previously exercisable by the Department of the Environment
f5: 2022 c. 7
f6: SR 2014 No. 188 as amended by S.R 2016 No. 128 and S.R 2023 No. 149; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.
f7: SR 2014 No. 189 as amended by S.R. 2023 No. 149; there are other amendments not relevant to these Regulations.