Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Other cases of ineligibility

B8.—(1) Notwithstanding anything in regulations B1 to B3, the following persons are not eligible to be members of the Scheme—

(a) an existing officer, unless he exercised the option conferred by regulation 23 of the 1950 regulations or the corresponding provision of the Belfast Corporation Superannuation Scheme;

(b) any member of the fire brigade as defined in Article 2(2) of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984(1);

(c) any officer in the employment of the Fire Authority of Northern Ireland who was employed by the Northern Ireland Fire Authority immediately before 1 May 1954, and who did not exercise the option available to him under the relevant proviso to regulation 3(1) of the 1950 regulations to avail himself of the benefits of those regulations;

(d) any person in contributory service within the meaning of the Teachers (Superannuation) Act (Northern Ireland) 1950(2); and

(e) any person who as a member of staff of the University of Ulster is eligible to participate in the Universities' Superannuation Scheme.

(2) A person is not eligible to be a member of the Scheme in respect of his part-time employment as a member of a fire brigade maintained in pursuance of the Fire Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1984 on terms under which he is or may be required to engage in fire fighting.

(1)

S.I. 1984/1821 (N.I. 11)

(2)

1950 c. 33 (N.I.)