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The Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Judicial Pensions) (Consequential Provision No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019

S.R. 2019/158 · Made 8 August 2019

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Public Service Pensions

Approved by resolution of the Assembly on 10th February 2020

Made 8th August 2019

Coming into operation 13th August 2019

The Department for Communitiesf1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 83 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015f2.

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

See section 1(7) of the Departments Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 5 (N.I.))

f2

2015 c. 8

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Provision consequential on section 78 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015
  3. 3Revocation
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Judicial Pensions) (Consequential Provision No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 and shall come into operation on 13th August 2019.

2Provision consequential on section 78 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015

In section 31(4) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014f1 (new public body pension schemes) in the definition of “public body pension scheme” after “an existing scheme” insert “or a scheme established under section 18A of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993f2”.

3Revocation

The Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Judicial Pensions) (Consequential Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019f1 are revoked.

Signature

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 8th August 2019

(L.S.)

Anne McCleary

A senior officer of the Department for Communities

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations revoke and re-enact the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Judicial Pensions) (Consequential Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 which would otherwise cease to have effect by virtue of section 85(3)(b) of the Pension Schemes Act 2015. The Regulations make a consequential amendment to section 31 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) following the enactment of section 18A of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”). Section 18A of the 1993 Act enables the creation of a pension scheme for certain fee-paid judges including, in particular, making provision corresponding or similar to that made by or under Part 1 or section 20 of, or Schedule 2 or 2A to, the 1993 Act for salaried judges. Section 18A of the 1993 Act was inserted by section 78 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015. This amendment will ensure that the relationship between the 2014 Act and a scheme created under section 18A of the 1993 Act will be the same as the relationship between the 2014 Act and other judicial pension schemes established by or under the 1993 Act.