Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Made: 19th November 2002

Coming into operation: 1st February 2003

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Preliminary provisions

Citation, commencement and retrospection

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Interpretation

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Application of 2002 Regulations and old provisions

Cessation of old provisions for active members

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Deferred members and pensioners: general

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Re-employment of members (Schedule D5 to the 2000 Regulations etc.)

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Counting old membership of existing members under 2002 Regulations

Entitlement of active members to count old membership

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Entitlement of re-employed members to count old membership

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Membership before 1st April 1972

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Rights under old provisions affecting membership periods (extra payments, absences etc.)

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Rights under Schedule C5 to the 2000 Regulations: counting of membership

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Augmentation

Duty of employing authority to increase total membership of members with membership before the commencement date

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Special provisions about rights relating to old membership

Continuity of elections within regulation 9(1)

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Continuity of rights within regulation 10(1)

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Temporary right to pay off liabilities under regulation 13 by capital payment

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Equivalent pension benefits

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The fund and the Committee

The fund and the Committee

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Continuation of employer’s liability for certain payments

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Special Cases

Community scheme transferees

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Supplementary provisions

Cost of resolutions

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Amendments to the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

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Minor and consequential amendments

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Transitional and transitory provisions and savings

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Revocations

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SCHEDULE 1 — ADDITIONAL REGULATIONS WHICH ARE “OLD PROVISIONS”

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SCHEDULE 2 — RE-EMPLOYMENT OF MEMBERS (SCHEDULE D5 TO THE 2000 REGULATIONS ETC.)

Interpretation

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Active and rejoining pensioners: general

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Re-employment and abatement

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Combined benefits

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Separate benefits and dependants' benefits

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Members with preserved rights

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Elections for aggregation: members rejoining the day before the commencement date

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Limitations on benefits

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Continuity of elections by certain rejoining deferred members

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SCHEDULE 3 — AMENDMENTS TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSION SCHEME REGULATIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) 2000

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SCHEDULE 4 — MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS

The Local Government (Superannuation) (Milk Marketing Board for Northern Ireland) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997

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The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

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The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

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SCHEDULE 5 — TRANSITIONAL AND TRANSITORY PROVISIONS AND SAVINGS

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Signed

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on 19th November 2002.

J. Ritchie — A senior officer of the — Department of the Environment

Explanatory note

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Footnotes

[^f00001]: S.I. 1972/1073 (N.I. 10); Article 14 was amended by Article 12 of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 1990/1509(N.I. 13))

[^f00002]: S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 504 Article 7(1); S.I. 1976/424 (N.I. 6)

[^f00003]: S.R. 2002 No. 352

[^f00004]: S.R. 2000 No. 178 as amended by S.R. 2001 No. 61 and S.R. 2001 No. 62

[^f00005]: 1993 c. 49; Section 89A was inserted by Article 149 of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22))

[^f00006]: 1966 c. 6 (N.I.); section 55(1) was repealed by the Social Security Act 1973 (c. 38), section 100(2)(b), Schedule 28

[^f00007]: S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1960 No. 181

[^f00008]: S.R. 1975 No. 48 as amended by the National Insurance (Non participation – Transfer of Functions) (Transitional) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983 (S.R. 1983 No. 15)

[^f00009]: 1954 c. 33 (N.I.)

[^f00010]: S.R. 1997 No. 137 as amended by Schedule M4 to S.R. 2000 No. 177 (Schedule M4 to S.R. 2000 No. 177 was amended by regulation 11 of S.R. 2001 No. 64)

[^f00011]: S.I. 1976/2147 (N.I. 28)

[^f00012]: S.I. 1996/1919(N.I. 16); section 70C was inserted by the Employment Relations (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 1999/2790 (N.I. 9) paragraph 3, Part III of Schedule 4

[^f00013]: S.R. 1999 No. 471

[^f00014]: S.R. 2000 No. 177; amended by S.R. 2001 No. 61, S.R. 2001 No. 63, S.R. 2001 No. 64 and S.R. 2002 No. 115

[^f00015]: Regulation E4 was substituted by S.R. 2001 No. 63, regulation 5

[^f00016]: S.R. 2001 No. 279

Editorial notes

Deferred members and pensioners: civil partner

4A

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Re-employment of members (Schedule D5 to the 2000 Regulations etc.)