Local Government Pension Scheme (Administration) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Joining the Scheme

9.—(1) A person who is eligible to be an active member of the Scheme on the day his employment begins becomes an active member on that day unless he notifies his employer in writing before his employment begins that he does not wish to become a member on that date.

(2) A person who applies to become a member after the date he would otherwise become a member under paragraph (1) becomes a member on the first day of the first payment period following the application.

(3) An application for membership may be withdrawn before membership begins.

(4) A former active member who is eligible for membership may reapply for membership of the Scheme and he becomes an active member on the first day of the first payment period following the application.

(5) But a person who has given more than one notification under regulation 10 (ending of membership) may only reapply again if—

(a) his employer or future employer consents;

(b) he is beginning a new employment with a new employing authority and he reapplies before he has been employed for 3 months; or

(c) he is a person about whom information may be given under Article 164(1) of the Pensions Order(1), as it has effect in the case of the Scheme.

(6) In paragraphs (2) and (4), regulation 10(5) and regulation 19(7) (payment of additional regular contributions), a payment period is a period of service to which the employee’s wages or salary payment relate.

(1)

S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22) as amended by S.I. 2001/3649.