{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-28",
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  "legislation": "nia/2014/2",
  "legislation_title": "Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-act-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Existing local government scheme",
  "text": "(1) This section applies in relation to regulations under Article 9 of the Superannuation Order, which are in force immediately before the coming into force of this section.\n(2) To the extent that—\n(a) such regulations make provision for the payment of pensions and other benefits to or in respect of a person in relation to the person's service on or after 1 April 2015, and\n(b) that provision could be made under scheme regulations,\nthe regulations are to have effect as if they were scheme regulations relating to local government workers.\n(3) Accordingly, to that extent a scheme under such regulations is to have effect as a scheme under section 1.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 28 in operation at 1.4.2015 by S.R. 2014/123, art. 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/2/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:20:25.842529+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."
}