The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Amendment to regulation 53 of the principal Regulations

4.—(1) In regulation 53(1) (Member’s right to transfer or buy out) the words “with a preserved pension before reaching age 60” shall be omitted.

(2) After regulation 53(1) there shall be inserted the following paragraph –

(1A) Paragraph (1) only applies if the member –

(a)leaves superannuable employment with a preserved pension before reaching age 60, or

(b)leaves superannuable employment on the transfer of his employment to a new employer as a result of a transfer of an undertaking to that employer..