Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2008/256 United Kingdom

The Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008

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Employer3 Director or Officer1 Applicant1 Self-Employed Person1 Any Person1 Trader1 Contractor1

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s.020 Out of hours providers Regulated
  • Apply to become an approved OOH provider and notify the Board of insolvency eventsTrader
s.030 Contribution rate and determination of pensionable earnings for non-GP providers Regulated
  • Deduct and remit pension contributions for non-GP providersEmployer
s.125 Claims for benefits Regulated
  • Submit a written claim for pension benefits with supporting evidenceApplicant
s.136 Employing authority and certain member record keeping and contribution estimates Regulated
  • Provide statement of estimated pensionable earnings for non-GP providers to the DepartmentContractor
s.146 Elections relating to calculation of pensionable earnings in medical partnerships Regulated
  • Give written notice to the host Board to elect how pensionable earnings are calculatedDirector or Officer
s.157 Opting out of this Section of the Scheme Regulated
  • Refund pension contributions after an employee opts out of the schemeAny Person
s.161 Members' contribution rate Regulated
  • Pay pension contributions at correct rate based on earnings bandSelf-Employed Person
s.164 Payment of Contributions Regulated
  • Pay pension contributions (C1 and C3) to the correct Health and Social Services Board within deadlinesEmployer
s.249 Claims for benefits Regulated
  • Provide evidence and information when a pension benefit claim is madeEmployer
342 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Citation, commencement and effect
s.002 Application of remaining Parts
s.003 Actuarial reports and accounts
s.004 Cost Sharing
s.005 Provision of information relevant for tax purposes
s.006 Interpretation: general
s.007 Meaning of “pensionable service”
s.008 Meaning of “pensionable service”: part-time service
s.009 Pensionable service: breaks in service
s.010 Meaning of “qualifying service”
s.011 Qualifying service: disregard of breaks in service
s.012 Calculation of periods of membership or service
s.013 Meaning of “pensionable pay”
s.014 Pensionable pay: breaks in service
s.015 Meaning of “reckonable pay”: general
s.016 Adjustments for inflation in determining reckonable pay under regulation 15
s.017 Restriction on pensionable pay used for calculating benefits in respect of capped transferred-in service
s.017 Restriction of reckonable pay where the Department considers the amount is inordinate
s.018 Meaning of “reckonable pay”: non-concurrent part-time employment
s.019 Meaning of “reckonable pay”: concurrent part-time employments
s.021 Eligibility: general
s.021 Eligibility: transitional
s.022 Restrictions on eligibility: general
s.023 Concurrent employments
s.024 Joining this Section of the Scheme
s.025 Opting out of this Section of the Scheme
s.026 Restriction on further participation in this Section of the Scheme
s.027 Contributions by members
s.028 Contribution rate for members other than non-GP providers
s.029 29 Determination of pensionable pay for the purposes of setting a contribution rate for members other than non-GP Providers
s.031 Contributions by employing authorities: general
s.032 Contributions by employing authorities: members becoming entitled to pensions under regulation 55
s.033 Guarantees, indemnities and bonds
s.034 Member's option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension
s.035 Effect of member being absent or leaving and rejoining this Section of the Scheme during the contribution option period
s.036 Member's option to pay lump sum contribution to purchase additional pension
s.037 Payment of additional lump sum contributions by employing authority
s.038 Exercise of options under regulations 34, 36 and 37
s.039 Cancellation of options under regulation 34
s.040 Effect of payment of additional contributions under this Chapter
s.041 Effect of death or early payment of pension after option exercised under regulation 34, 36 or 37
s.042 Effect of part payment of periodical contributions
s.043 Revaluation of increases bought under options: members’ pensions
s.044 Repayment of contributions
s.045 Normal retirement pensions
s.046 Pension credit members
s.047 Late payment of pension with actuarial increase
s.048 Early payment of pensions with actuarial reduction
s.049 Partial retirement (members aged at least 55)
s.050 Increase in pensionable pay following exercise of option under regulation 49
s.051 Application of regulations 49 and 50 where concurrent part-time employments held
s.052 Early retirement on ill-health (active members and non-contributing members )
s.053 Re-assessment of entitlement to an ill-health pension determined under regulation 52
s.054 Early retirement on ill-health (deferred members)
s.055 Early retirement on termination of employment by employing authority
s.056 Option to have periods of service treated separately where pay is reduced
s.057 Exceptions to requirement that HSC employment must have ceased
s.058 General option to exchange part of pension for lump sum
s.059 Option for members in serious ill-health to exchange whole pension for lump sum
s.060 Reduction in pension debit member’s benefits
s.061 Pension credit member's rights
s.062 Election to allocate pension
s.063 Procedure for election under regulation 62
s.064 Effect of allocation
s.065 Dual capacity membership
s.066 Guaranteed minimum pensions etc
s.067 Surviving adult dependants' pensions
s.068 Meaning of “surviving scheme partner”
s.069 Amount of pensions under regulation 67: active and non-contributing members
s.070 Amount of pensions under regulation 67: pensioner members
s.071 Amount of pensions under regulation 67: deferred members
s.072 Recent leavers
s.073 Re-employed pensioners: adult survivor pensions in initial period
s.074 Surviving children's pensions
s.075 Meaning of “dependent child”
s.076 Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: deceased active members and deceased non-contributing members
s.077 Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: deceased pensioner members
s.078 Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: deceased deferred members
s.079 Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: recent leavers
s.080 Power to increase pension in respect of children not maintained by surviving parent etc
s.081 Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: re-employed pensioners
s.082 Lump sum benefits on death: introduction
s.083 Amount of lump sum: single capacity members and recent leavers (disregarding regulation 49 employments)
s.084 Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members (disregarding regulation 49 employments)
s.085 Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members: members with pensions under regulation 49
s.086 Amount of lump sum: pension credit members
s.086 Pension payable when member dies on or after reaching age 75
s.087 Payment of lump sums or pensions on death
s.088 Tax treatment under the Finance Act 2004 of lump sums payable on pensioners' deaths
s.089 Death during period of absence
s.090 Polygamous marriages
s.091 Dual capacity membership: death benefits
s.092 Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners
s.093 Introduction: rights to transfer value payment
s.094 Applications for statements of entitlement
s.095 Applications for transfer value payments: general
s.096 Applications for transfer value payments: time limits
s.097 Ways in which transfer value payments may be applied
s.098 Calculating amounts of transfer value payments
s.099 Effect of transfers-out
s.100 Right to apply for acceptance of transfer value payment from another scheme
s.101 Procedure for applications under regulation 100
s.102 Acceptance of transfer value payments
s.103 Calculation of transferred-in pensionable service
s.104 Meaning of “capped transferred-in service”
s.105 Public sector transfer arrangements
s.106 Bulk transfers out
s.107 Bulk transfers in
s.108 EU and other overseas transfers
s.108 Transfers across from the 1995 Section
s.108 Right to transfer a deferred pension to the 2015 Scheme
s.109 Application of Chapter 7
s.110 General rule: separate treatment of service etc
s.111 Exception to general rule in regulation 110
s.112 Effect of re-employment on tier 2 ill-health pensions
s.113 Re-employed tier 1 ill-health pensioners
s.114 Deferred pension becoming payable during HSC re-employment as a result of a transfer of undertaking
s.115 Application of Chapter 8
s.116 Information
s.117 Reduction of pension
s.118 Meaning of “relevant income”
s.119 Meaning of “previous pay”: general
s.120 Meaning of “previous pay”: members with concurrent employments
s.121 Application of this Chapter to part-time employment
s.122 Employed pensioners with more than one pension
s.123 Provisional reductions and later adjustments
s.124 Appointment of scheme administrator
s.125 Provision of information: continuing entitlement to benefit
s.126 Power to extend time limits
s.127 Beneficiaries who are incapable of looking after their affairs
s.128 Commutation of small pensions
s.129 Reduction in benefits in cases where loss caused by member's crime, negligence or fraud
s.130 Forfeiture of rights to benefits
s.131 Deduction of tax
s.132 Interest on late payment of benefits and refunds of contributions
s.132 Interest and Administration Charges: Late paid contributions
s.133 Determination of questions
s.134 General prohibition on unauthorised payments
s.135 Prohibition on assignment or charging of benefits
s.136 Application of Chapter 10 of this Part
s.136 Options for 1995 Section members to join this Section of the Scheme under Chapter 10 of this Part
s.136 Service credited from the 1995 Section
s.136 Treatment of Additional Pension
s.136 Treatment of Additional Service
s.136 Treatment of unreduced retirement lump sum
s.136 Treatment of 2008 Section Optants to whom regulation 52(3) of the 1995 Regulations applied immediately before 1 April 2008
s.136 Pension debit members
s.136 Treatment of 2008 Section Optants to whom regulation 82 of the 1995 Regulations applied immediately before 1st April 2008
s.136 Restriction on pensionable pay used for calculating benefits in respect of capped Optant service
s.136 Meaning of “capped Optant service”
s.136 Amount of pension and lump sum to be to be paid to a 2008 Section Optant
s.136 Transfers in: transitional provision
s.136 2008 Section Optants: Transitional Tier 2 ill-health pension
s.136 Treatment of ill-health retirement applications made by 2008 Section Optants within one year of joining this Section of the Scheme
s.136 Application of regulation 53 where a 2008 Section Optant has submitted an application for ill-health retirement under the 1995 Section
s.136 Application of regulation 53 where a 2008 Section Optant has submitted an application for ill-health retirement under the 2008 Section within a year of joining the 2008 Section
s.136 Transitional Provision: Treatment of additional service in respect of Optants retiring on the grounds of ill Health
s.136 Circumstances in which a 1995 Section member may defer making an option to join this Section of the Scheme under regulation 136B
s.136 Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations to apply under Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
s.136 Late payment of pension with actuarial increase for a 2008 Optant
s.136 2008 Section Optants who are in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under Regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
s.136 Lump sum payable on the death of a 2008 Section Optant who is in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
s.136 Children’s pensions payable on the death of a 2008 Section Optant who is in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations.
s.136 Application of Chapter 11 of this Part
s.136 Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations and Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
s.136 Benefit information statements
s.136 Lump sum payable on the death of a Waiting Period Joiner
s.136 Children’s pensions payable on the death of a Waiting Period Joiner
s.137 Interpretation of Part 3: general
s.138 Interpretation: further provisions
s.139 Meaning of “pensionable service”
s.140 Pensionable service: breaks in service
s.141 Meaning of “qualifying service”
s.142 (1) This regulation applies for the purpose of calculating the...
s.143 Meaning of “pensionable earnings”
s.144 Pensionable earnings — breaks in service
s.145 Calculating pensionable earnings of medical practitioners in partnership
s.147 Restriction on pensionable earnings used for calculating benefits in respect of capped transferred-in service
s.148 Distribution of pensionable earnings between principal dental practitioners employed or engaged by the same GDS provider
s.149 Meaning of pensionable earnings in relation to other practitioners
s.150 Exclusions and deductions from pensionable earnings — all practitioners
s.151 Limit on pensionable earnings — dentist performers carrying on deceased person's business
s.152 Out of hours providers
s.153 Eligibility: general
s.153 Eligibility: transitional
s.154 Restrictions on eligibility: general
s.155 Concurrent employments
s.155 Participators in pilot schemes
s.156 Joining this Section of the Scheme
s.158 Restriction on further participation in this Section of the Scheme
s.159 Membership: locum practitioners
s.160 Contributions by members
s.162 Contributions by employing authorities: general
s.163 Guarantees, indemnities and bonds
s.165 Member's option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension
s.166 Effect of member being absent or leaving and rejoining this Section of the Scheme during the contribution option period
s.167 Member's option to pay lump sum contribution to purchase additional pension
s.168 Payment of additional lump sum contributions by employing authority
s.169 Exercise of options under regulations 165, 167 and 168
s.170 Cancellation of options under regulation 165
s.171 Effect of payment of additional contributions under this Chapter
s.172 Effect of death or early payment of pension after option exercised under regulation 165, 167 or 168
s.173 Effect of part payment of periodical contributions
s.174 Revaluation of increases bought under options: members’ pensions
s.175 Repayment of contributions
s.176 Normal retirement pensions
s.177 Pension credit members
s.178 Late payment of pension with actuarial increase
s.179 Early payment of pensions with actuarial reduction
s.180 Partial retirement (members aged at least 55)
s.181 Increase in level of engagement following exercise of option under regulation 180
s.182 Early retirement on ill-health (active members and non-contributing members )
s.183 Re-assessment of entitlement to an ill-health pension determined under regulation 182
s.184 Early retirement on ill-health (deferred members)
s.185 General option to exchange part of pension for lump sum
s.186 Option for members in serious ill-health to exchange whole pension for lump sum
s.187 Reduction in pension debit member’s benefits
s.188 Pension credit member's rights
s.189 Election to allocate pension
s.190 Procedure for election under regulation 189
s.191 Effect of allocation
s.192 Dual capacity membership
s.193 Guaranteed minimum pensions etc
s.193 Exceptions to requirement that HSC employment must have ceased
s.194 Surviving adult dependants' pensions
s.195 Meaning of “surviving scheme partner”
s.196 Amount of pensions under regulation 194: active and non-contributing members
s.197 Amount of pensions under regulation 194: pensioner members
s.198 Amount of pensions under regulation 194: deferred members
s.199 Recent leavers
s.200 Re-employed pensioners: adult survivor pensions in initial period
s.201 Surviving children's pensions
s.202 Meaning of “dependent child”
s.203 Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: deceased active members and deceased non-contributing members
s.204 Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: deceased pensioner members
s.205 Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: deceased deferred members
s.206 Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: recent leavers
s.207 Power to increase pension in respect of children not maintained by surviving parent etc
s.208 Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: re-employed pensioners
s.209 Lump sum benefits on death: introduction
s.210 Amount of lump sum: single capacity members and recent leavers (disregarding regulation 180 employments)
s.211 Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members (disregarding regulation 180 employments)
s.212 Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members: members with pensions under regulation 180
s.213 Amount of lump sum: pension credit members
s.213 Pension payable when member dies on or after reaching age 75
s.214 Payment of lump sums or pensions on death
s.215 Tax treatment under the Finance Act 2004 of lump sums payable on pensioners' deaths
s.216 Death during period of absence
s.217 Polygamous marriages
s.218 Dual capacity membership: death benefits
s.219 Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners
s.220 Introduction: rights to transfer value payment
s.221 Applications for statements of entitlement
s.222 Applications for transfer value payments: general
s.223 Applications for transfer value payments: time limits
s.224 Ways in which transfer value payments may be applied
s.225 Calculating amounts of transfer value payments
s.226 Effect of transfers-out
s.227 Right to apply for acceptance of transfer value payment from another scheme
s.228 Procedure for applications under regulation 227
s.229 Acceptance of transfer value payments
s.230 Calculation of increase to pensionable earnings as the result of a transfer-in
s.231 Meaning of “Capped increase to pensionable earnings"
s.232 Public sector transfer arrangements
s.233 Bulk transfers out
s.234 Bulk transfers in
s.235 EU and other overseas transfers
s.235 Transfers across from the 1995 Section
s.235 Right to transfer a deferred pension to the 2015 Scheme
s.236 Application of Chapter 7
s.237 General rule: separate treatment of service etc
s.238 Exception to general rule in regulation 237
s.239 Effect of re-employment on tier 2 ill-health pensions
s.240 Re-employed tier 1 ill-health pensioners
s.241 Application of Chapter 8
s.242 Information
s.243 Reduction of pension
s.244 Meaning of “relevant income”
s.245 Meaning of “previous earnings”: general
s.246 Employed pensioners with more than one pension
s.247 Provisional reductions and later adjustments
s.248 Appointment of Scheme administrator
s.249 Provision of information: continuing entitlement to benefit
s.250 Power to extend time limits
s.251 Beneficiaries who are incapable of looking after their affairs
s.252 Commutation of small pensions
s.253 Reduction in benefits in cases where loss caused by member's crime, negligence or fraud
s.254 Forfeiture of rights to benefits
s.255 Deduction of tax
s.256 Interest on late payment of benefits and refunds of contributions
s.256 Interest and Administration Charges: Late paid contributions
s.257 Determination of questions
s.258 General prohibition on unauthorised payments
s.259 Prohibition on assignment or charging of benefits
s.260 Employing authority and certain member record keeping and contribution estimates
s.260 Application of Chapter 10 of this Part
s.260 Options for 1995 Section members to join this Section of the Scheme under Chapter 10 of this Part
s.260 Service and pensionable earnings credited from the 1995 Section
s.260 Treatment of Additional Pension
s.260 Treatment of Additional Service and pensionable earnings
s.260 Treatment of unreduced retirement lump sum
s.260 Treatment of 2008 Section Optants to whom regulation 52(3) of the 1995 Regulations applied immediately before 1st April 2008
s.260 Pension debit members
s.260 Pensionable earnings credited under regulations 260C and 260E to be treated as capped Optant pensionable earnings
s.260 Transfers in: transitional provision
s.260 Amount of pension and lump sum be to be paid to a 2008 Section Optant
s.260 Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations to apply under Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
s.260 2008 Section Optants: Transitional Tier 2 ill-health pension
s.260 Treatment of ill-health retirement applications made by 2008 Section Optants within one year of joining this Section
s.260 Application of regulation 183 where a 2008 Section Optant has submitted an application for ill-health retirement under the 1995 Section
s.260 Application of regulation 183 where a 2008 Section Optant has submitted an application for ill-health retirement under the 2008 Section within a year of joining the 2008 Section
s.260 Late payment of pension with actuarial increase for a 2008 Optant
s.260 Transitional Provision: Treatment of additional service and pensionable earnings in respect of Optants retiring on the grounds of ill Health
s.260 Treatment of service credited from the 1995 Section when benefits in cases of mixed service are payable
s.260 Circumstances in which a 1995 Section member may defer making an option to join this Section of the Scheme under regulation 260B
s.260 2008 Section Optants who are in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under Regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
s.260 Lump sum payable on the death of a 2008 Section Optant who is in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
s.260 Children’s pensions payable on the death of a 2008 Section Optant who is in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations.
s.260 Application of Chapter 11 of this Part
s.260 Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations and Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
s.260 Waiting Period Joiners who are in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under Regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
s.260 Benefit information statements
s.260 Children’s pensions payable on the death of a Waiting Period Joiner
s.261 Application of Part 4
s.262 Interpretation: general
s.263 Application of Chapter 2
s.264 Cases with up to 10 years of officer service
s.265 Cases with more than 10 years of officer service
s.266 Cases with less than 1 year of officer service
s.267 Cases with 1 year or more of officer service
s.268 Cases with less than 1 year of concurrent officer service
s.269 Cases with 1 year or more of concurrent officer service
s.269 Cases with non-concurrent officer service between periods of practitioner service
s.270 Calculation method A
s.271 Calculation method B
s.272 Calculation method C
s.272 Calculation method D
s.273 Top-up where reference amount greater than base amount
s.274 Death benefits where member entitled to top-up
s.275 Pensionable service limit
s.276 Applications, claims and notices
s.277 Reduction of pension

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