The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007

General interpretation

2.—(1) In these Regulations—

“the 1996 Order” means the Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996(1);

“the 2003 Regulations” means The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003(2);

“employment” includes office but does not include a period as a councillor(3);

“Pension Regulations” mean the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002(4);

“Scheme employer” means an employing authority and, in relation to any person who is a community or transferee admission agreement employee, his community or transferee admission body(5);

“Scheme member” means a person who is a member of the Local Government Pension Scheme constituted by the Pension Regulations;

“termination date” means the date on the final day of a person’s employment terminated in one of the circumstances set out in regulation 3(1)(a).

(2) Expressions not defined in paragraph (1) but used in these Regulations and in the Pension Regulations have the same meaning as in those Regulations.

(1)

S.I. 1996/1919 (N.I. 16).

(2)

S.R. 2003 No. 61 as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 455 and S.R. 2006 No. 6.

(3)

See section 1(3) of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 (1972 c. 9).

(4)

S.R. 2002 No. 352 as amended by S.R. 2004 No. 139, S.R. 2005 No. 206, S.R. 2005 No. 274, S.R. 2006 No. 6 and S.R. 2006 No. 112.

(5)

See regulations 4 and 4A, respectively, of the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 (S.R. 2002 No. 352) as amended by S.R. 2005 No. 206.