Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “the 2014 Act” means the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014;

• “active member”, “deferred member”, “member” and “pensioner member” have the meanings given in Article 121(1)^f1 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995;

• “beneficiary” means a person, other than a member, who is entitled to the present payment of benefits under a public service pension scheme;

• “money purchase benefits” has the meaning given in section 176(1) of the Pension Schemes (Northern Ireland) Act 1993^f2;

• “public service pension scheme” means—

  1. (a)

     a scheme established under section 1 of the 2014 Act (schemes for persons in public service) and any statutory pension scheme that is connected with it;

  2. (b)

     a new public body pension scheme and any statutory pension scheme that is connected with it.