# Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002, Regulation 10: Length of period of membership: calculation of benefit

Extent: N.I.

(1) In calculating the amount of any benefit, fractions of years of membership count.
(2) The numerator of such fractions is the number of complete days of membership and 365 is the denominator.
(3) Membership in part-time service is counted as the appropriate fraction of the duration of membership.
(4) The numerator of that fraction is the number of contractual hours during the part-time service and, subject to paragraphs (4A), (4B) and (4C), its denominator is the number of contractual hours of that employment if it were a whole-time basis.
(4A) In the case of a qualifying member, the denominator is—
(a) for the calculation of any benefits for any period between 1 January 1995 and 30th November 2007, 32.5 hours; and
(b) for the calculation of any benefits for any period thereafter, the number of contractual hours of that employment if it were on a whole-time basis.
(4B) In the case of a newly qualifying member paragraph (4A) applies as if for “30th November 2007” there was substituted “6th February 2009”.
(4C) In the case of the Agreement No. 2 qualifying member, the denominator is—
(a) for the calculation of any benefits for the period between 1st January 1995 and 27th March 2015, 32.5 hours; and
(b) for the calculation of any benefits for the period thereafter, the number of contractual hours of that employment if it were on a whole-time basis.
(5) Paragraph (3) does not apply in determining a member’s total membership for regulation 30(1) (entitlement to ill-health enhancement) (and see regulation 30(6) to (10) as to the determination of the enhanced membership period in such cases).
(6) In this regulation and regulation 19—
“the Agreement” means the Collective Agreement for the Joint Negotiating Council of the Education and Library Boards dated 30th November 2007;
“the Agreement No. 2” means the Collective Agreement for the Joint Negotiating Council of the Education and Library Boards reached on 27th March 2015;
“the Agreement No. 2 qualifying member” means a member who was party to the Agreement No. 2;
“newly qualifying member” means a member who is employed as a classroom assistant by a voluntary grammar school or a grant maintained integrated school within the meaning of the Education Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;
“qualifying member” means a member who was party to the agreement;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2002/352/regulation/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2002/regulation-10
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