# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024, Introduction: Introductory text

Extent: N.I.

Local Government
Made 28th August 2024
Coming into operation 31st August 2024
The Department for Communities, with the consent of the Department of Finance, 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, and now vested in it; and sections 80(1),and (3) and 81(1), (6) and (7) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022.
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 or the schemes preserved by the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2024/159/introduction (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-regulations-northern-ireland-2024/introduction
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