Regulation 30 Amendment of the Teachers' Superannuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998I1

Regulation E28^f1 shall have a new heading “Amount of surviving spouse's, surviving civil partner’s or nominated beneficiary’s long-term pension” and that regulation shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (8).

In paragraph (1) after “surviving spouse” there shall be inserted “, surviving civil partner”.

In paragraph (2A) after “surviving spouse” there shall be inserted “, surviving civil partner”.

In paragraph (3) at the end the full stop shall be omitted and there shall be added “or any period in respect of which a transfer value or cash equivalent has been paid by the Department under these Regulations”.

In paragraph (4) after “widower” there shall be inserted “for whose benefit the deceased revoked a nomination which would otherwise have had effect or”.

After paragraph (6)(b) there shall be inserted —

“(bb)

any period beginning after that date for which additional contributions have been paid under regulation C6 or C7.”

After paragraph (7) there shall be inserted —

“(7A)

If the pension is payable to a surviving civil partner, the deceased’s family benefit service, subject to paragraphs (3) and (8) to (10), comprises the relevant service described in regulation E27(2A).”.

In paragraph (9) for “paragraphs (3) to (7)” in both places where those words occur there shall be substituted “paragraphs (3) to (5), (7) and (7A)”.