The Health and Personal Social Services (Superannuation), Health and Social Care (Pension Scheme) and Health and Personal Social Services (Injury Benefits) (Amendment and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009

Insertion of new regulation 22B

88.  After regulation 22A (Decisions by employing authorities) insert—

“Notification requirements

22B.— (1) Where an employing authority makes a payment of a benefit pursuant to regulation 4(5), that employing authority shall—

(a) within 14 days of making such payment, provide the Department with—

(i) the full name and national insurance number of the person in respect of whom the payment is being made, and

(ii) the date on which that individual first became entitled to the benefit;

(b) within 14 days of making the last such payment, provide the Department with—

(i) the full name and national insurance number of the person in respect of whom the payment has been made,

(ii) the date on which that individual ceased to be entitled to the benefit, and

(iii) a statement of the total amount paid to the person pursuant to regulation 4(5) during that period of absence from employment.

(2) Where a person recovers any damages or compensation mentioned in regulation 18, that person shall, within 14 days of a right to and the amount of such damages or compensation finally being determined, provide written notice to the Department containing—

(a) the person’s full name;

(b) the person’s national insurance number; and

(c) the total amount of damages or compensation recovered.

(3) Where a person fails to provide the notice provided by paragraph (2), no benefits shall be payable under these Regulations in respect of the period from the expiry of the 14th day mentioned in paragraph (2) until the date on which the notice is received by the Department, and where benefits have been paid to the person before the failure to give notice has been determined by the Department, the Department shall withold all or part of any further benefits payable to the person under these Regulations until the amount of the payments made by the Department in respect of that period has been recovered.”.