The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Calculating the amount of a transfer value or club transfer value

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146.—(1) If a transfer value is paid later than 6 months after the guarantee date, the amount of the guaranteed cash equivalent must be increased in accordance with regulations made under section 93 (calculation of cash equivalents) of the 1993 Act.

(2) If a club transfer value is paid later than 6 months after the guarantee date, the amount of the club transfer value as specified in the statement of entitlement must be increased if necessary so that it is equal to the amount it would have been if the guarantee date had been the date on which the payment is made.

(3) If the transfer value or club transfer value is less than the minimum transfer value, the amount of the transfer value or club transfer value must be increased so that it is equal to the amount of the minimum transfer value.

(4) In this regulation—

“minimum transfer value” means the total of—

(a)

the sum of all member contributions and payments for extra pension made by the member; and

(b)

the sum of all transfer payments received by this scheme in relation to the member;

“member contributions” has the meaning given in regulation 134; and

“payments for extra pension” has the meaning given in regulation 139.