15.—(1) Compensation is payable in accordance with this paragraph where, under the admissible rules of the scheme, a person who is a deferred member immediately before the assessment date has not attained normal pension age, in respect of his rights to a pension under the scheme, before that date.N.I.
(2) If that person ( “the deferred member”) survives to attain normal pension age in respect of that pension ( “the pension”), he is entitled to periodic compensation in respect of the pension commencing at that age and continuing for life.
(3) The annual rate of the periodic compensation is 90% of the aggregate of—
(a)the protected pension rate, F1...
[F2(aa)if the commencement of periodic compensation under this paragraph has been postponed for any period by virtue of paragraph 25A, the amount of the actuarial increase under that paragraph, and]
(b)any increases under paragraph 28 (annual increases in periodic compensation).
(4) In sub-paragraph (3) “the protected pension rate” means the aggregate of—
(a)the accrued amount,
(b)the revaluation amount for the first revaluation period (see paragraph 16), and
(c)the revaluation amount for the second revaluation period (see paragraph 17).
F3F4(5) In sub-paragraph (4) “the accrued amount” means an amount equal to the initial annual rate of the pension to which the deferred member would have been entitled in accordance with the admissible rules had he attained normal pension age when the pensionable service relating to the pension ended.
F4F5(6) This paragraph is subject to—
[F6(za)paragraph 22A (calculation of compensation on and after 1st January 2024),]
(a)paragraph 24 (commutation),
[F7(aa)paragraph 25E (terminal illness lump sum),]
(b)F8... and
(c)paragraph 30 (power of Department to change percentage rates by order).
F1Word in Sch. 6 para. 15(3)(a) omitted (27.3.2013) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 para. 23(7)(a); S.R. 2013/83, art. 2(b)(ii)
F2Sch. 6 para. 15(3)(aa) inserted (27.3.2013) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 para. 23(7)(b); S.R. 2013/83, art. 2(b)(ii)
F3mod. by SR 2005/130
F4mod. by SR 2005/149
F5mod. by SR 2005/171
F6Sch. 6 para. 15(6)(za) inserted (31.12.2023) by The Pensions (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1312), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(a)
F7Sch. 6 para. 15(6)(aa) inserted (1.4.2009) by Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 13), ss. 100, 118(1), Sch. 6 para. 7; S.R. 2009/147, art. 2(a)(i)(b)
F8Sch. 6 para. 15(6)(b) omitted (31.12.2023) by virtue of The Pensions (Pension Protection Fund Compensation) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1312), regs. 1(2), 3(9)(b)