Out of hours providers
- Apply to become an approved OOH provider and notify the Board of insolvency events
Northern Ireland Statutory Rule
2008
United Kingdom
The Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008
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Contribution rate and determination of pensionable earnings for non-GP providers
- Deduct and remit pension contributions for non-GP providers
Claims for benefits
- Submit a written claim for pension benefits with supporting evidence
Employing authority and certain member record keeping and contribution estimates
- Provide statement of estimated pensionable earnings for non-GP providers to the Department
Elections relating to calculation of pensionable earnings in medical partnerships
- Give written notice to the host Board to elect how pensionable earnings are calculated
Opting out of this Section of the Scheme
- Refund pension contributions after an employee opts out of the scheme
Members' contribution rate
- Pay pension contributions at correct rate based on earnings band
Payment of Contributions
- Pay pension contributions (C1 and C3) to the correct Health and Social Services Board within deadlines
Claims for benefits
- Provide evidence and information when a pension benefit claim is made
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Citation, commencement and effect
Application of remaining Parts
Actuarial reports and accounts
Cost Sharing
Provision of information relevant for tax purposes
Interpretation: general
Meaning of “pensionable service”
Meaning of “pensionable service”: part-time service
Pensionable service: breaks in service
Meaning of “qualifying service”
Qualifying service: disregard of breaks in service
Calculation of periods of membership or service
Meaning of “pensionable pay”
Pensionable pay: breaks in service
Meaning of “reckonable pay”: general
Adjustments for inflation in determining reckonable pay under regulation 15
Restriction on pensionable pay used for calculating benefits in respect of capped transferred-in service
Restriction of reckonable pay where the Department considers the amount is inordinate
Meaning of “reckonable pay”: non-concurrent part-time employment
Meaning of “reckonable pay”: concurrent part-time employments
Eligibility: general
Eligibility: transitional
Restrictions on eligibility: general
Concurrent employments
Joining this Section of the Scheme
Opting out of this Section of the Scheme
Restriction on further participation in this Section of the Scheme
Contributions by members
Contribution rate for members other than non-GP providers
29 Determination of pensionable pay for the purposes of setting a contribution rate for members other than non-GP Providers
Contributions by employing authorities: general
Contributions by employing authorities: members becoming entitled to pensions under regulation 55
Guarantees, indemnities and bonds
Member's option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension
Effect of member being absent or leaving and rejoining this Section of the Scheme during the contribution option period
Member's option to pay lump sum contribution to purchase additional pension
Payment of additional lump sum contributions by employing authority
Exercise of options under regulations 34, 36 and 37
Cancellation of options under regulation 34
Effect of payment of additional contributions under this Chapter
Effect of death or early payment of pension after option exercised under regulation 34, 36 or 37
Effect of part payment of periodical contributions
Revaluation of increases bought under options: members’ pensions
Repayment of contributions
Normal retirement pensions
Pension credit members
Late payment of pension with actuarial increase
Early payment of pensions with actuarial reduction
Partial retirement (members aged at least 55)
Increase in pensionable pay following exercise of option under regulation 49
Application of regulations 49 and 50 where concurrent part-time employments held
Early retirement on ill-health (active members and non-contributing members )
Re-assessment of entitlement to an ill-health pension determined under regulation 52
Early retirement on ill-health (deferred members)
Early retirement on termination of employment by employing authority
Option to have periods of service treated separately where pay is reduced
Exceptions to requirement that HSC employment must have ceased
General option to exchange part of pension for lump sum
Option for members in serious ill-health to exchange whole pension for lump sum
Reduction in pension debit member’s benefits
Pension credit member's rights
Election to allocate pension
Procedure for election under regulation 62
Effect of allocation
Dual capacity membership
Guaranteed minimum pensions etc
Surviving adult dependants' pensions
Meaning of “surviving scheme partner”
Amount of pensions under regulation 67: active and non-contributing members
Amount of pensions under regulation 67: pensioner members
Amount of pensions under regulation 67: deferred members
Recent leavers
Re-employed pensioners: adult survivor pensions in initial period
Surviving children's pensions
Meaning of “dependent child”
Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: deceased active members and deceased non-contributing members
Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: deceased pensioner members
Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: deceased deferred members
Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: recent leavers
Power to increase pension in respect of children not maintained by surviving parent etc
Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: re-employed pensioners
Lump sum benefits on death: introduction
Amount of lump sum: single capacity members and recent leavers (disregarding regulation 49 employments)
Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members (disregarding regulation 49 employments)
Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members: members with pensions under regulation 49
Amount of lump sum: pension credit members
Pension payable when member dies on or after reaching age 75
Payment of lump sums or pensions on death
Tax treatment under the Finance Act 2004 of lump sums payable on pensioners' deaths
Death during period of absence
Polygamous marriages
Dual capacity membership: death benefits
Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners
Introduction: rights to transfer value payment
Applications for statements of entitlement
Applications for transfer value payments: general
Applications for transfer value payments: time limits
Ways in which transfer value payments may be applied
Calculating amounts of transfer value payments
Effect of transfers-out
Right to apply for acceptance of transfer value payment from another scheme
Procedure for applications under regulation 100
Acceptance of transfer value payments
Calculation of transferred-in pensionable service
Meaning of “capped transferred-in service”
Public sector transfer arrangements
Bulk transfers out
Bulk transfers in
EU and other overseas transfers
Transfers across from the 1995 Section
Right to transfer a deferred pension to the 2015 Scheme
Application of Chapter 7
General rule: separate treatment of service etc
Exception to general rule in regulation 110
Effect of re-employment on tier 2 ill-health pensions
Re-employed tier 1 ill-health pensioners
Deferred pension becoming payable during HSC re-employment as a result of a transfer of undertaking
Application of Chapter 8
Information
Reduction of pension
Meaning of “relevant income”
Meaning of “previous pay”: general
Meaning of “previous pay”: members with concurrent employments
Application of this Chapter to part-time employment
Employed pensioners with more than one pension
Provisional reductions and later adjustments
Appointment of scheme administrator
Provision of information: continuing entitlement to benefit
Power to extend time limits
Beneficiaries who are incapable of looking after their affairs
Commutation of small pensions
Reduction in benefits in cases where loss caused by member's crime, negligence or fraud
Forfeiture of rights to benefits
Deduction of tax
Interest on late payment of benefits and refunds of contributions
Interest and Administration Charges: Late paid contributions
Determination of questions
General prohibition on unauthorised payments
Prohibition on assignment or charging of benefits
Application of Chapter 10 of this Part
Options for 1995 Section members to join this Section of the Scheme under Chapter 10 of this Part
Service credited from the 1995 Section
Treatment of Additional Pension
Treatment of Additional Service
Treatment of unreduced retirement lump sum
Treatment of 2008 Section Optants to whom regulation 52(3) of the 1995 Regulations applied immediately before 1 April 2008
Pension debit members
Treatment of 2008 Section Optants to whom regulation 82 of the 1995 Regulations applied immediately before 1st April 2008
Restriction on pensionable pay used for calculating benefits in respect of capped Optant service
Meaning of “capped Optant service”
Amount of pension and lump sum to be to be paid to a 2008 Section Optant
Transfers in: transitional provision
2008 Section Optants: Transitional Tier 2 ill-health pension
Treatment of ill-health retirement applications made by 2008 Section Optants within one year of joining this Section of the Scheme
Application of regulation 53 where a 2008 Section Optant has submitted an application for ill-health retirement under the 1995 Section
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
Transitional Provision: Treatment of additional service in respect of Optants retiring on the grounds of ill Health
Circumstances in which a 1995 Section member may defer making an option to join this Section of the Scheme under regulation 136B
Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations to apply under Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
Late payment of pension with actuarial increase for a 2008 Optant
2008 Section Optants who are in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under Regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
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
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.
Application of Chapter 11 of this Part
Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations and Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
Benefit information statements
Lump sum payable on the death of a Waiting Period Joiner
Children’s pensions payable on the death of a Waiting Period Joiner
Interpretation of Part 3: general
Interpretation: further provisions
Meaning of “pensionable service”
Pensionable service: breaks in service
Meaning of “qualifying service”
(1) This regulation applies for the purpose of calculating the...
Meaning of “pensionable earnings”
Pensionable earnings — breaks in service
Calculating pensionable earnings of medical practitioners in partnership
Restriction on pensionable earnings used for calculating benefits in respect of capped transferred-in service
Distribution of pensionable earnings between principal dental practitioners employed or engaged by the same GDS provider
Meaning of pensionable earnings in relation to other practitioners
Exclusions and deductions from pensionable earnings — all practitioners
Limit on pensionable earnings — dentist performers carrying on deceased person's business
Out of hours providers
Eligibility: general
Eligibility: transitional
Restrictions on eligibility: general
Concurrent employments
Participators in pilot schemes
Joining this Section of the Scheme
Restriction on further participation in this Section of the Scheme
Membership: locum practitioners
Contributions by members
Contributions by employing authorities: general
Guarantees, indemnities and bonds
Member's option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension
Effect of member being absent or leaving and rejoining this Section of the Scheme during the contribution option period
Member's option to pay lump sum contribution to purchase additional pension
Payment of additional lump sum contributions by employing authority
Exercise of options under regulations 165, 167 and 168
Cancellation of options under regulation 165
Effect of payment of additional contributions under this Chapter
Effect of death or early payment of pension after option exercised under regulation 165, 167 or 168
Effect of part payment of periodical contributions
Revaluation of increases bought under options: members’ pensions
Repayment of contributions
Normal retirement pensions
Pension credit members
Late payment of pension with actuarial increase
Early payment of pensions with actuarial reduction
Partial retirement (members aged at least 55)
Increase in level of engagement following exercise of option under regulation 180
Early retirement on ill-health (active members and non-contributing members )
Re-assessment of entitlement to an ill-health pension determined under regulation 182
Early retirement on ill-health (deferred members)
General option to exchange part of pension for lump sum
Option for members in serious ill-health to exchange whole pension for lump sum
Reduction in pension debit member’s benefits
Pension credit member's rights
Election to allocate pension
Procedure for election under regulation 189
Effect of allocation
Dual capacity membership
Guaranteed minimum pensions etc
Exceptions to requirement that HSC employment must have ceased
Surviving adult dependants' pensions
Meaning of “surviving scheme partner”
Amount of pensions under regulation 194: active and non-contributing members
Amount of pensions under regulation 194: pensioner members
Amount of pensions under regulation 194: deferred members
Recent leavers
Re-employed pensioners: adult survivor pensions in initial period
Surviving children's pensions
Meaning of “dependent child”
Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: deceased active members and deceased non-contributing members
Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: deceased pensioner members
Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: deceased deferred members
Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: recent leavers
Power to increase pension in respect of children not maintained by surviving parent etc
Amount of children's pension under regulation 201: re-employed pensioners
Lump sum benefits on death: introduction
Amount of lump sum: single capacity members and recent leavers (disregarding regulation 180 employments)
Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members (disregarding regulation 180 employments)
Amount of lump sum: dual capacity members: members with pensions under regulation 180
Amount of lump sum: pension credit members
Pension payable when member dies on or after reaching age 75
Payment of lump sums or pensions on death
Tax treatment under the Finance Act 2004 of lump sums payable on pensioners' deaths
Death during period of absence
Polygamous marriages
Dual capacity membership: death benefits
Guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners
Introduction: rights to transfer value payment
Applications for statements of entitlement
Applications for transfer value payments: general
Applications for transfer value payments: time limits
Ways in which transfer value payments may be applied
Calculating amounts of transfer value payments
Effect of transfers-out
Right to apply for acceptance of transfer value payment from another scheme
Procedure for applications under regulation 227
Acceptance of transfer value payments
Calculation of increase to pensionable earnings as the result of a transfer-in
Meaning of “Capped increase to pensionable earnings"
Public sector transfer arrangements
Bulk transfers out
Bulk transfers in
EU and other overseas transfers
Transfers across from the 1995 Section
Right to transfer a deferred pension to the 2015 Scheme
Application of Chapter 7
General rule: separate treatment of service etc
Exception to general rule in regulation 237
Effect of re-employment on tier 2 ill-health pensions
Re-employed tier 1 ill-health pensioners
Application of Chapter 8
Information
Reduction of pension
Meaning of “relevant income”
Meaning of “previous earnings”: general
Employed pensioners with more than one pension
Provisional reductions and later adjustments
Appointment of Scheme administrator
Provision of information: continuing entitlement to benefit
Power to extend time limits
Beneficiaries who are incapable of looking after their affairs
Commutation of small pensions
Reduction in benefits in cases where loss caused by member's crime, negligence or fraud
Forfeiture of rights to benefits
Deduction of tax
Interest on late payment of benefits and refunds of contributions
Interest and Administration Charges: Late paid contributions
Determination of questions
General prohibition on unauthorised payments
Prohibition on assignment or charging of benefits
Employing authority and certain member record keeping and contribution estimates
Application of Chapter 10 of this Part
Options for 1995 Section members to join this Section of the Scheme under Chapter 10 of this Part
Service and pensionable earnings credited from the 1995 Section
Treatment of Additional Pension
Treatment of Additional Service and pensionable earnings
Treatment of unreduced retirement lump sum
Treatment of 2008 Section Optants to whom regulation 52(3) of the 1995 Regulations applied immediately before 1st April 2008
Pension debit members
Pensionable earnings credited under regulations 260C and 260E to be treated as capped Optant pensionable earnings
Transfers in: transitional provision
Amount of pension and lump sum be to be paid to a 2008 Section Optant
Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations to apply under Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
2008 Section Optants: Transitional Tier 2 ill-health pension
Treatment of ill-health retirement applications made by 2008 Section Optants within one year of joining this Section
Application of regulation 183 where a 2008 Section Optant has submitted an application for ill-health retirement under the 1995 Section
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
Late payment of pension with actuarial increase for a 2008 Optant
Transitional Provision: Treatment of additional service and pensionable earnings in respect of Optants retiring on the grounds of ill Health
Treatment of service credited from the 1995 Section when benefits in cases of mixed service are payable
Circumstances in which a 1995 Section member may defer making an option to join this Section of the Scheme under regulation 260B
2008 Section Optants who are in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under Regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
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
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.
Application of Chapter 11 of this Part
Nominations and notices accepted by the Department under the 1995 Regulations and Chapter 5 of this Part of these Regulations
Waiting Period Joiners who are in receipt of a tier 1 ill-health pension under Regulation 13A of the 1995 Regulations
Benefit information statements
Children’s pensions payable on the death of a Waiting Period Joiner
Application of Part 4
Interpretation: general
Application of Chapter 2
Cases with up to 10 years of officer service
Cases with more than 10 years of officer service
Cases with less than 1 year of officer service
Cases with 1 year or more of officer service
Cases with less than 1 year of concurrent officer service
Cases with 1 year or more of concurrent officer service
Cases with non-concurrent officer service between periods of practitioner service
Calculation method A
Calculation method B
Calculation method C
Calculation method D
Top-up where reference amount greater than base amount
Death benefits where member entitled to top-up
Pensionable service limit
Applications, claims and notices
Reduction of pension
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