The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I General

   1. 1. Citation, commencement and retrospection

   2. 2. General interpretation

3. Part II Increase of 1996 Order Redundancy Payments

   1. 3. Power to increase 1996 Order redundancy payments above 1996 Order weekly pay limit

4. Part III Compensation for Premature Retirement

   1. Interpretation

      1. 4. Interpretation of Part III

   2. Eligibility to benefit under this Part

      1. 5. Persons who are eligible to benefit: LGPS members and non-members with relevant disqualification

      2. 6. Application of Part III to assumed members: “relevant disqualification”, “relevant assumptions” and “special service”

   3. Discretionary awards of lump sum and annual compensation to former employees

      1. 7. Power to award credited period for compensation purposes

      2. 8. Lump sum compensation

      3. 9. Annual compensation: general provisions

   4. Adjustments to compensation: other receipts

      1. 10. Limit on annual compensation where entitlement to occupational pension

      2. 11. Redundancy payments

      3. 12. Other termination payments

      4. 13. Periodic payments

   5. Adjustments to compensation: new employment

      1. 14. New employment

      2. 15. Reduction of annual compensation during new employment

      3. 16. Cessation of new employment

      4. 17. Reduction of annual compensation on cessation of new employment

   6. Surrenders

      1. 18. Allocation of part of annual compensation

   7. Awards to surviving spouses

      1. 19. Entitlement to surviving spouses' short-term and long-term compensation

      2. 20. Amount of surviving spouse’s short-term and long-term compensation

   8. Awards to surviving children

      1. 21. Entitlement to children’s short-term compensation

      2. 22. Amount of children’s short-term compensation

      3. 23. Entitlement to children’s long-term compensation

      4. 24. Amount of children’s long-term compensation

      5. 25. Payment of children’s compensation

   9. Miscellaneous and supplemental

      1. 26. Notification of compensation

      2. 27. Information

      3. 28. Payment of compensation

      4. 29. Interest on sums due under Part III

      5. 30. Paying authority

5. Part IV Other compensation for redundancy

   1. 31. Compensation for redundancy where Part III does not apply

6. Part V Injury Allowances etc.

   1. 32. Interpretation of Part V

   2. 33. Loss of employment through permanent incapacity

   3. 34. Reduction in remuneration

   4. 35. Allowances for pensioners

   5. 36. Death benefits

   6. 37. Considerations in determining amount of benefits

7. Part VI Miscellaneous and Supplementary

   1. Decisions and Appeals

      1. 38. Decisions

      2. 39. Appeals

   2. Supplemental

      1. 40. Finance

      2. 41. Transitional provisions

      3. 42. Revocations

8. Signature

9. 1. SCHEDULE 1

      1. Part I EMPLOYING AUTHORITIES TO WHICH PARTS II AND III APPLY

      2. Part II LGPS EMPLOYERS TO WHICH PART V APPLIES

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Appropriate percentages for adjustment of annual compensation for redundancy payments

   3. SCHEDULE 3

      Transitional provisions and savings

      1. Part I

         1. 1. Regulation 3 does not apply if the cessation of employment...

      2. Part II

         1. 2. Nothing in Part III applies to a person who ceased...

         2. 3. Where the employment by reference to the cessation of which...

         3. 4. If the material date was before 1st April 1983, regulation...

         4. 5. Regulations 12 and 13 do not apply to the compensation...

         5. 6. In a case where the death occurs on or before...

         6. 7. Regulations 20(4), 22(2) and 24(4) do not apply if the...

         7. 8. As respects any female employee who— (a) duly elected under...

      3. Part III

         1. 9. Regulation 31 does not apply if the cessation of employment...

   4. SCHEDULE 4

      Subordinate legislation revoked

10. Explanatory Note