Teachers' Superannuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998

1. Introductory Text

2. Part A Preliminary

   1. A1. Citation and commencement

   2. A2. Interpretation

3. Part B Pensionable Employment

   1. B1. Employment — general

   2. B2. Continuing employment

   3. B3. Exclusion from pensionable employment

   4. B4. Election not to be pensionable

   5. B5. Election to rejoin pensionable service

4. Part C Teachers' Contributions

   1. C1. Salary on which contributions are payable

   2. C2. Ordinary contributions

   3. C3. Contributions for past added years

   4. C4. Contributions for past added years by family pensioner

   5. C5. Contributions for past added years under earlier provisions

   6. C6. Additional contributions for current period

   7. C7. Additional contributions for current period: service in a reserve force

   8. C8. Contributions for family benefits

   9. C9. Right to repayment of balance of contributions

   10. C10. Calculation of balance of contributions

   11. C11. Repayment of certain contributions paid for family benefits

   12. C12. Application for repayment

   13. C13. Return of repaid contributions

   14. C14. Uncompleted return by instalments of repaid contributions

   15. C15. Deduction, payment and recovery of contributions

5. Part D Reckonable Service

   1. D1. Reckonable service generally

   2. D2. Exclusion from reckonable service

   3. D3. Past period for which additional contributions have been paid

   4. D4. Current period for which additional contributions have been paid

6. Part E Benefits

   1. E1. Overriding provision as to guaranteed minimum pensions

   2. E2. Nature of retirement benefits

   3. E3. Qualification for retirement benefits

   4. E4. Entitlement to payment of retirement benefits

   5. E5. Amount of retirement pension

   6. E6. Amount of retirement lump sum

   7. E7. Limitation of retirement benefits where salary reduced

   8. E8. Enhancement of retirement benefits in case of incapacity

   9. E9. Avoidance of duplicate pensions

   10. E10. National Insurance modification of pensions

   11. E11. Allocation of part of retirement pension

   12. E12. Duration of retirement pension

   13. E13. Pensioner ceasing to be incapacitated

   14. E14. Abatement of retirement pension during further employment

   15. E15. Retirement benefits on cessation of further employment

   16. E16. Short service annuity

   17. E17. Short service incapacity grant

   18. E18. Deferment, etc., of benefits

   19. E19. Commutation: exceptional circumstances of ill health

   20. E20. Death grants

   21. E21. Supplementary death grants

   22. E22. Family benefits generally

   23. E23. Nomination of beneficiaries

   24. E24. Entitlement to short-term family benefits

   25. E25. Amount and duration of short-term family benefits

   26. E26. Entitlement to long-term family benefits

   27. E27. Relevant service

   28. E28. Amounts of spouses' and nominated beneficiaries' long-term pensions

   29. E29. Amounts of children’s long-term pensions

   30. E30. Commencement and duration of long-term family pensions

   31. E31. Average salary

   32. E32. Effective reckonable service

   33. E33. Payment of benefits

   34. E34. Benefits not assignable

7. Part F Transfer Values

   1. F1. Payment of transfer values

   2. F2. Amounts of transfer values and additional transfer values

   3. F3. Termination of right to count reckonable service

   4. F4. Receipt of transfer values

8. Part G Finance

   1. G1. Teachers' superannuation account

   2. G2. Receipts, etc., to be credited

   3. G3. Payments to be debited

   4. G4. Actuarial inquiries

   5. G5. Employers' contributions

   6. G6. Payment by employers to the Department

9. Part H Miscellaneous and Supplemental

   1. H1. Modified application in case of employment at reduced salary

   2. H2. Records and information

   3. H3. Payments in respect of deceased persons

   4. H4. Revaluation of guaranteed minimum in certain cases

   5. H5. Extension of time

   6. H6. Determination of questions

   7. H7. Revocations, savings and transitional provisions

10. Signature

11. SCHEDULES

    1. 1

       Glossary of expressions

    2. 2

       Pensionable employment

       1. Part I: Employments pensionable without election

       2. Part II: Employments pensionable on election

    3. 3

       Maximum length of additional periods

    4. 4

       Additional contributions for past period

       1. Part I: Method A

       2. Part II: Method B

    5. 5

       Additional contributions for past period under earlier provisions

    6. 6

       Family benefits

       1. Part I: Contributions: men and unmarried women

       2. Part II: Contributions: married women

       3. Part III: Contributions: common provisions

    7. 7

       Reckonable service arising from payment of additional contributions in respect of past periods

    8. 8

       Periods making up qualifying period

    9. 9

       Modified application in certain cases

       1. Part I: National Insurance modification of pensions

       2. Part II: Employment at reduced salary

    10. 10

        Allocation of part of retirement pension

        1. Part I: Contents of declaration

        2. Part II: Procedure

        3. Part III: Other matters

    11. 11

        Transfer values

        1. Part I: Outward transfers

        2. Part II: Inward transfers

    12. 12

        Teachers' superannuation account

        1. Part I: Transitional

        2. Part II: Form of account

        3. Part III: Notional interest

    13. 13

        Revocations, savings and transitional provisions

        1. Part I: Revocations

        2. Part II: Savings

        3. Part III: Transitional provisions

12. Explanatory Note