Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000

Further provisions about preserved benefits

D12.—(1) A person who is entitled to preserved benefits under regulation D11(1) ceases to be entitled to them—

(a) if—

(i) the whole of the aggregate amount of his contributions to the fund has been returned to him (with or without interest) under regulation C21 or regulation C15 of the 1992 regulations or regulation 16 of the 1981 regulations, and

(ii) after receiving the return of contributions, he has no further right to count any period of membership to which a transfer value accepted under regulation K14 or regulation J8 of the 1992 regulations or regulation 69 of the 1981 regulations relates,

(b) if rights in respect of the period of membership he was entitled to count in relation to the employment he ceased to hold have been transferred to a non-local government scheme, a personal pension scheme, a self-employed pension arrangement, a retirement annuity contract or an appropriate policy by virtue of the payment of a transfer value,

(c) if he re-enters local government employment (unless he elects to remain entitled to those benefits), or

(d) if the body which employed him in the employment which he ceased to hold certifies under paragraph 4 of Schedule D1 that on ceasing to hold it he suffered a material reduction in remuneration.

(2) An election by a person for the purposes of paragraph (1)(c) shall be made by giving notice in writing to the Committee—

(a) before the expiry of the period of three months beginning with the date on which he re-enters local government employment, or

(b) such longer period as the Committee may allow.