{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-pensions-act-northern-ireland-2014/section-8.json",
  "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/8",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Types of scheme",
  "text": "(1) Scheme regulations may establish a scheme under section 1 as—\n(a) a defined benefits scheme,\n(b) a defined contributions scheme, or\n(c) a scheme of any other description.\n(2) A scheme under section 1 which is a defined benefits scheme must be—\n(a) a career average revalued earnings scheme, or\n(b) a defined benefits scheme of such other description as regulations made by the Department of Finance and Personnel may specify.\n(3) Such regulations may not specify a final salary scheme under subsection (2)(b).\n(4) A scheme under section 1 is a “career average revalued earnings scheme” if—\n(a) the pension payable to or in respect of a person, so far as it is based on the person's pensionable service, is determined by reference to the person's pensionable earnings in each year of pensionable service, and\n(b) those earnings, or a proportion of those earnings accrued as a pension, are under the scheme revalued each year until the person leaves pensionable service.\n(4A) The extent to which a scheme under section 1 is a career average revalued earnings scheme is not affected by provision contained in scheme regulations that is made under section 78 of PSPJOA 2022 (local government schemes: power to pay final salary benefits).\n(5) Regulations made by the Department of Finance and Personnel under subsection (2)(b) are subject to negative resolution.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 8(4A) inserted (10.3.2022 for specified purposes, 1.4.2022 in so far as not already in operation) by Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7), ss. 94(15), 131(1)(2)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 8 in operation at 28.4.2014 by S.R. 2014/123, art. 2(1)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2014/2/section/8",
    "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."
}