Northern Ireland Statutory Rule SI 2014/188 United Kingdom

The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

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TULRCA 1992 72 duties

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sch. 2 para. 2 sch. 2 para. 2 Regulated
  • Enter into an indemnity or bond if risk assessment requires itEmployer
sch. 2 para. 3 sch. 2 para. 3 Regulated
  • Secure a guarantee when indemnity or bond is not practicalEmployer
sch. 2 para. 6 Where an admission body under paragraph 2(1)(h)(i) of this Part... Regulated
  • Enter separate admission agreements for each pension contractEmployer
s.038 Role of the IRMP Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Pension committee must obtain independent medical certificate before deciding on ill-health retirementLocal authority
s.061 The fund and the admission agreement fund Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Committee must notify Department when establishing an admission agreement fundCrown / Minister / Government department
s.068 Actuarial valuations and certificates Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Committee must obtain actuarial valuations and certificates every three yearsLocal authority
s.070 Special circumstances where revised actuarial valuations and certificates shall be obtained Regulated
  • Pay exit payment to pension fund within one month of exit certificateEmployer
s.081 First instance determinations: ill-health Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Committee must refer ill-health benefit cases to an appointed occupational health doctorLocal authority
s.111 Calculation of amount of transfer value payment Regulated
  • Bear the costs of determining and apportioning the pension fund for bulk transfersEmployer
132 other provisions — procedural and definitional
sch. 2 para. 1 sch. 2 para. 1
sch. 2 para. 4 sch. 2 para. 4
sch. 2 para. 5 Where, at the date that an admission agreement is made...
sch. 2 para. 7 This paragraph applies where an admission body under paragraph 2(1)(h)...
sch. 2 para. 8 sch. 2 para. 8
sch. 2 para. 9 sch. 2 para. 9
s.001 Citation and commencement
s.001 Subject to the requirements of regulations 3(1)(b) (active membership, employed... (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Introduction and interpretation
s.002 (1) An admission body is— (a) a body which provides... (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Active membership
s.003 An approval under paragraph 2(1)(a)(ii) of this Part of this... (opens in a new tab)
s.004 Eligibility of councillors
s.004 In the case of an admission agreement with an admission... (opens in a new tab)
s.005 Employees of admission bodies
s.006 Restriction on eligibility for active membership
s.007 Ending active membership
s.008 Deferred members
s.008 Where paragraph 7 of this Part of this Schedule applies—... (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Pensioner members
s.009 Only those employees of the admission body who are employed... (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Pension credit members and survivor members
s.010 Separate employments, etc.
s.011 Contributions
s.012 Temporary reduction in contributions
s.013 Contributions during absence from work
s.014 Contributions during child-related leave
s.015 Contributions during reserve forces service leave
s.016 Contributions during absence for illness or injury
s.016 Contributions during absences with permission
s.017 Employing authority contributions during absences
s.018 Additional pension contributions
s.019 Additional voluntary contributions
s.020 Rights to return of contributions
s.021 Exclusion of rights to return of contributions
s.022 Meaning of “pensionable pay”
s.023 Assumed pensionable pay
s.024 Pension accounts
s.025 Active member's pension accounts
s.026 Deferred member's pension account and deferred refund account
s.027 Retirement pension accounts: active members
s.028 Retirement pension accounts: deferred members and pension credit members
s.029 Flexible retirement pension accounts
s.030 Pension credit accounts
s.031 Retirement benefits
s.032 Award of additional pension
s.033 Commencement of pensions
s.034 Election for lump sum instead of pension
s.035 Commutation and small pensions
s.036 Early payment of retirement pension on ill-health grounds: active members
s.037 Early payment of retirement pension on ill-health grounds: deferred members
s.039 Calculation of ill-health pension amounts
s.040 Death grants: active members
s.041 Survivor benefits: partners of active members
s.042 Meaning of “nominated co-habiting partner”
s.043 Survivor benefits: children of active members
s.044 Survivor benefits: children of active member where pension is payable to partner of an active member
s.045 Survivor benefits: children of active member where no pension is payable to partner of active member
s.046 Death grants: deferred members and pension credit members
s.047 Survivor benefits: partners of deferred members
s.048 Survivor benefits: children of deferred members
s.049 Survivor benefits: children of deferred member where pension is payable to partner of deferred member
s.050 Survivor benefits: children of deferred member where no pension is payable to partner of deferred member
s.051 Death grants: pensioner members
s.052 Survivor benefits: partners of pensioner members
s.053 Survivor benefits: children of pensioner members
s.054 Survivor benefits: children of pensioner member where pension is payable to partner of pensioner member
s.055 Survivor benefits: children of pensioner member where no pension is payable to partner of pensioner member
s.056 No double entitlement
s.057 Limit on total amount of benefits payable
s.058 Guaranteed minimum pensions
s.059 Pension debits
s.060 Scheme administration and management
s.062 Governance policy statement
s.063 Accounts and audit
s.064 Funding strategy statement
s.065 Pension administration strategy
s.066 Statements of policy about exercise of discretionary functions
s.067 Statements of policy concerning communications with members and employing authorities
s.069 Scheme costs
s.071 Apportionment of liabilities
s.072 Supply of copies of valuations, certificates, etc.
s.073 Contributing body's contributions
s.074 Employing authority's further payments
s.075 Payment by employing authorities to the Committee
s.076 Additional costs arising from employing authority's level of performance
s.077 Interest on late payments
s.078 Contributions Equivalent Premium
s.079 First instance decisions
s.080 First instance decisions - general
s.082 Notification of first instance decisions
s.083 Appointment of persons to resolve disputes
s.084 Right to apply for an appointed person to review a decision
s.085 Notice of decisions by the appointed person under regulation 84
s.086 Reference of disagreement to the Committee
s.087 Notice of decisions by the Committee under regulation 86
s.088 Rights of representation
s.089 Referral of decisions under regulation 80(1) to the county court
s.090 Exchange of information
s.091 Interest on late payment of certain benefits
s.092 Payments due in respect of deceased persons
s.093 Payments for persons incapable of managing their affairs
s.094 Non-assignability
s.095 Deduction and recovery of member's contributions
s.096 Annual allowance charge
s.097 Tax
s.098 Pension increases
s.099 Annual benefit statements
s.100 Pension savings statements
s.101 Information to be supplied by employees
s.102 Forfeiture of pension rights after conviction for employment-related offences
s.103 Interim payments directions
s.104 Recovery or retention where former member has misconduct obligation
s.105 Adjustment of accounts following forfeiture, etc.
s.106 Protection of guaranteed minimum pension rights
s.107 Revaluation of guaranteed minimum
s.108 Rights to payment out of pension fund
s.109 Contracting-out requirements affecting transfers out
s.110 Bulk transfer (transfers of undertakings, etc.)
s.112 Inward transfers of pension rights
s.113 Effect of acceptance of transfer value payment
s.114 EU scheme transfers
s.115 Pension board
s.116 Establishment of the Pension Board
s.117 The board: appointments
s.118 The board: conflict of interest
s.119 Advisory board: establishment
s.120 Advisory board: membership
s.121 Advisory board: conflict of interest
s.122 Advisory board: administration
s.123 Scheme actuary
s.124 Employer cost cap
Schedules

Schedules

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14 other schedules
s.sch001 “the 1971 Act” means the Pensions (Increase) (Northern Ireland) Act...
s.sch002 When the Committee makes an admission agreement, it shall promptly...
s.sch002 Where an admission body is such a body by virtue...
s.sch002 The Committee and an admission body may make an admission...
s.sch002 A body designated under the provisions of the Local Government...
s.sch002 Any question which may arise between the parties to an...
s.sch002 In this Schedule “indemnity or bond in an approved form”...
s.sch002 An admission agreement may take effect on a date before...
s.sch003 Subject to the provisions of these Regulations and the Transitional...
s.sch003 The Committee may with the approval of the Department appoint...
s.sch003 In addition to the appointments mentioned in paragraph 11 of...
s.sch003 The Committee may make arrangements with any employing authority, admission...
s.sch003 Section 18(2) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall...
s.sch004 In regulation 23 (assumed pensionable pay)— (a) in paragraph (1),...

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