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Regulation D18 Equivalent pension benefitsF1I1

Northern Ireland

(1)

If when a member ceased to hold a local government employment—

(a)

he was not entitled in relation to that employment to a retirement pension under regulation D5, D6, D7, D9 or D11, and he receives a return of contributions;

(b)

the whole or some part of his period of membership was in service in a non-participating employment or in service which relates to employment with a non-local government employer in a non-participating employment;

(c)

a period of his service in a non-participating employment came to an end by reason—

(i)

of the repeal of section 55(1) of the Insurance Actf1; or

(ii)

of the provisions of regulation 2(2) of the National Insurance (Non-Participation — Assurance of Equivalent Pension Benefits) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1960f2 (as modified by regulation 10(2)(a) or (b) of the Transitional Provisions Regulations); and

(d)

at some time during the settlement period (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Transitional Provisions Regulations) he became, and has remained, assured of equivalent pension benefits;

then he is entitled in relation to that employment to an annual retirement pension payable at the rate of the equivalent pension benefits applicable to him in respect of any period of membership in service in a non-participating employment or which relates to service with a non-local government employer in a non-participating employment.

(2)

A retirement pension to which a person has become entitled by virtue of paragraph (1) is payable from the first date on which he—

(a)

has attained state pensionable age, and

(b)

is no longer in any local government employment.

(3)

For the purposes of these regulations a member to whom this regulation applies shall be treated as having ceased to hold the employment in respect of which he receives a return of contributions on the day before the date of receipt.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Regulations revoked (1.4.2015) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 (S.R. 2014/189), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. 2 (with savings and transitional provisions in reg. 3, Sch. 5)

Commencement

I1

Reg. D18 in operation at 1.8.2000, see reg. A1(1)

Footnotes

f1

1966 c. 6 (N.I); section 55(1) was repealed by the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), section 100(2)(b), Schedule 28

f2

S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1960 No. 181