{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-A2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2000/schedule-A2.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/177",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2000",
  "path": "schedule/A2",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": "A2",
  "heading": "Interpretation for pension sharing on divorce",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the 1999 Act” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999;\n“the 1999 Order” means the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999;\n“Deferred pensioner” and “pensioner” shall be construed in accordance with Part E;\n“normal benefit age” means 65;\n“pension credit” means a credit under Article 26(1)(b) of the 1999 Order or under section 29(1)(b) of the 1999 Act;\n“pension credit benefits” means benefits payable under the Scheme to or in respect of a pension credit member by virtue of rights under the Scheme attributable to a pension credit;\n“pension credit member” means a person who has pension credit benefits under the Scheme;\n“pension credit rights” means rights to future benefits under the Scheme which are attributable to a pension credit;\n“pension debit” means a debit under Article 26(1)(a) of the 1999 Order or under section 29(1)(a) of the 1999 Act;\n“pension debit member” means a member, a deferred pensioner or pensioner, whose shareable rights under the Scheme are subject to a pension debit;\n“pension sharing order” in relation to a pension credit member, a pension debit member, a person entitled to a pension credit or pension credit rights means the order or provision by virtue of which Article 26 of the 1999 Order or section 29 of the 1999 Act takes effect;\n“shareable rights” has the same meaning as in Article 24(2) of the 1999 Order or under section 27(2) of the 1999 Act;\n“transfer date” in relation to a pension credit member and pension credit rights means the day on which the pension sharing order takes effect;\n“transferor” in relation to a pension credit member or a person entitled to a pension credit means the person to whose shareable rights the pension sharing order relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. A2 inserted (with effect from 1.12.2000) by Local Government Pension Scheme (Pension Sharing on Divorce) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001 (S.R. 2001/61), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 12"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/177/schedule/A2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:15:32.787353+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}