Local Government Pension Scheme (Benefits, Membership and Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Periods of membership

6.  These are the periods that count as periods of membership (and which may accordingly be aggregated under regulation 12 (re-employed and rejoining deferred members) or, as the case may be, 13 (concurrent employments) of the Administration Regulations)—

(a) any period for which a member has paid (or is treated as having paid) contributions under regulation 3 (contributions payable by active members);

(b) any period added under regulation 12 (power of employing authority to increase total membership of members) or 20 (early leavers: ill-health); and

(c) any period added following a transfer in of pension rights under regulations 79 (inward transfers of pension rights) to 81 (community scheme transferees) of the Administration Regulations(1).

(1)

See also regulation 81(1) of the Administration Regulations.