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

Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

1997 No. 137

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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

Made

10th March 1997

Coming into operation

28th April 1997

The Department of the Environment in exercise of the powers conferred by Articles 9 and 14 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972(1) and now vested in it(2) and of every other power enabling it in that behalf and after consultation with such associations of local authorities as appeared to it to be concerned, the local authorities with whom consultation appeared to it to be desirable and such representatives of other persons likely to be affected by the regulations as appeared to it to be appropriate, hereby makes the following regulations:—

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Local Government (Superannuation) (Milk Marketing Board for Northern Ireland) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997 and shall come into operation on 28th April 1997.

(2) In these Regulations—

“admitted employee” has the meaning assigned to it by Regulation B5(2) of the principal Regulations;

“the Milk Marketing Board” means the Milk Marketing Board for Northern Ireland established under the Milk Marketing Scheme (Northern Ireland) (Approval) Order 1955(3);

“United Dairy Farmers” means United Dairy Farmers Limited registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts (Northern Ireland) 1969 and 1976(4);

“the principal Regulations” means the Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992(5);

“wholly owned subsidiary” has the meaning assigned to it by Part I of the Companies (Northern Ireland) Order 1986(6).

Preservation of membership of scheme

2.  Notwithstanding Regulation B5(10) of the principal Regulations, the designation—

(a) made by the Ministry of Health and Local Government effective from 1st April 1955; and

(b) continued in force as an admission agreement(7),

shall continue in force from and including 1st March 1995 as if made under Regulation B5 of the principal Regulations in relation to an employee of United Dairy Farmers or any wholly-owned subsidiary thereof who, immediately prior to 1st March 1995, was an admitted employee.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of the Environment on

L.S.

R. McMinnis

Assistant Secretary

10th March 1997.

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These Regulations provide that the designation order made by the Ministry of Health and Local Government effective from 1st April 1955 and continued in force as an admission agreement (whereby officers of the Milk Marketing Board could participate in the benefits of the fund maintained by the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee) shall continue, (with effect from and including 1st March 1995), in force as if made under regulation B5 of the Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 in relation to an employee of United Dairy Farmers or any wholly-owned subsidiary thereof who, immediately prior to 1st March 1995, was an admitted employee.

These regulations have retrospective effect by virtue of Article 14(1) of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.

(1)

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))

(2)

S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1973 No. 504 Art. 7(1); S.I. 1976/424 (N.I. 6)

(3)

S.R. & O. (N.I.) 1955 No. 43

(4)

1969 c. 24 and S.I. 1976/425 (N.I. 7)

(5)

S.R. 1992 No. 547

(6)

S.I. 1986/1032 (N.I. 6) as amended by S.I. 1990/1504 (N.I. 10)

(7)

S.R. 1975 No. 347, S.R. 1984 No. 355 and S.R. 1992 No. 547