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The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT

These Regulations consolidate, with amendments, the provisions of the Local Government (Compensation for Premature Retirement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1983, and Part II of the Local Government (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1986. Part V of these Regulations replaces extant Part L (injury allowances) of the Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 which is now revoked. These Regulations contain all the provisions relating to discretionary payments.

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The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Part IGeneral

1Citation, commencement and retrospection

2General interpretation

Part IIIncrease of 1996 Order Redundancy Payments

3Power to increase 1996 Order redundancy payments above 1996 Order weekly pay limit

Part IIICompensation for Premature Retirement

Interpretation

4Interpretation of Part III

Eligibility to benefit under this Part

5Persons who are eligible to benefit: LGPS members and non-members with relevant disqualification

6Application of Part III to assumed members: “relevant disqualification”, “relevant assumptions” and “special service”

Discretionary awards of lump sum and annual compensation to former employees

7Power to award credited period for compensation purposes

8Lump sum compensation

9Annual compensation: general provisions

Adjustments to compensation: other receipts

10Limit on annual compensation where entitlement to occupational pension

11Redundancy payments

12Other termination payments

13Periodic payments

Adjustments to compensation: new employment

14New employment

15Reduction of annual compensation during new employment

16Cessation of new employment

17Reduction of annual compensation on cessation of new employment

Surrenders

18Allocation of part of annual compensation

Awards to surviving spouses

19Entitlement to surviving spouses' short-term and long-term compensation

20Amount of surviving spouse’s short-term and long-term compensation

Awards to surviving children

21Entitlement to children’s short-term compensation

22Amount of children’s short-term compensation

23Entitlement to children’s long-term compensation

24Amount of children’s long-term compensation

25Payment of children’s compensation

Miscellaneous and supplemental

26Notification of compensation

27Information

28Payment of compensation

29Interest on sums due under Part III

30Paying authority

Part IVOther compensation for redundancy

31Compensation for redundancy where Part III does not apply

Part VInjury Allowances etc.

32Interpretation of Part V

33Loss of employment through permanent incapacity

34Reduction in remuneration

35Allowances for pensioners

36Death benefits

37Considerations in determining amount of benefits

Part VIMiscellaneous and Supplementary

Decisions and Appeals

41Transitional provisions

42Revocations

SCHEDULE 1

Part IEMPLOYING AUTHORITIES TO WHICH PARTS II AND III APPLY

Part IILGPS EMPLOYERS TO WHICH PART V APPLIES

SCHEDULE 2Appropriate percentages for adjustment of annual compensation for redundancy payments

SCHEDULE 3Transitional provisions and savings

Part I

1Regulation 3 does not apply if the cessation of employment...

Part II

2Nothing in Part III applies to a person who ceased...

3Where the employment by reference to the cessation of which...

4If the material date was before 1st April 1983, regulation...

5Regulations 12 and 13 do not apply to the compensation...

6In a case where the death occurs on or before...

7Regulations 20(4), 22(2) and 24(4) do not apply if the...

8As respects any female employee who— (a) duly elected under...

Part III

9Regulation 31 does not apply if the cessation of employment...

SCHEDULE 4Subordinate legislation revoked

2001 No. 279

LOCAL GOVERNMENT

The Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001

Made17th July 2001

Coming into operation28th August 2001

The Department of the Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on it by Articles 9 and 19 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 19721, and now vested in it2 and of every other power enabling it in that behalf and after consultation with the Association of Local Authorities of Northern Ireland, the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers' Superannuation Committee and such representatives of other persons likely to be affected by the Regulations as appeared to it to be appropriate, hereby makes the following Regulations:—