Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

Effect of opting out of pensionable employment on certain additional payments

C12.—(1) This regulation applies where a pensionable employee who—

(a) has elected under regulations C5 or C9 (including those regulations as applied by regulation C10(1) to make payments by way of additional contributions;

(b) is making such payments in pursuance of regulation 43 of the 1981 regulations by virtue of regulation C10(2) of these regulations; or

(c) is making payments in pursuance of regulation 38 of the 1981 regulations by virtue of regulation C10(2) of these regulations,

gives notification in accordance with regulation B3.

(2) In a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(a), no further payments by way of additional contributions shall be payable from the day on which the person giving the notification ceases to be a pensionable employee; and the benefits to which he is entitled in relation to those contributions shall be calculated as if the payments had been discontinued under regulations 15(9) or 45(5) of the 1981 regulations or regulations C5(5) or C9(11) of these regulations, as the case may be.

(3) In a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(b), no further payments by way of additional contributions shall be payable from the day on which the person giving the notification ceases to be a pensionable employee; and the benefits to which he is entitled in relation to those contributions shall be calculated as if the payments had been discontinued under proviso (i) to regulation 43(3) of the 1981 regulations.

(4) In a case mentioned in paragraph (1)(c), no further instalments shall be payable from the day on which the person giving the notification ceases to be a pensionable employee; and the provisions of paragraph 3(d) of the second Schedule to the 1962 regulations shall apply, as if he had ceased to hold his employment on the day on which he ceased to be a pensionable employee.

(5) Paragraph (2) shall not preclude a person who has elected under regulation B3 making a further election under regulations C5 or C9 after again becoming a pensionable employee.