The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Pensionable service under an existing scheme

20.—(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member with continuity of service (T) who is in pensionable service under this scheme.

(2) The provisions of an existing scheme relating to payment of contributions for added pension and added years continue to apply after the closing date as if T continued in pensionable service under that scheme.

(3) If T has continuity of service—

(a) in determining whether T qualifies under an existing scheme for retirement benefits, T’s pensionable service under that scheme terminates when T’s pensionable service under this scheme terminates;

(b) in determining T’s final salary for any purposes of an existing scheme under Schedule 7 to the Act, pensionable earnings derived from service under this scheme are to be regarded as derived from service under an existing scheme; and

(c) where T has a working pattern or patterns involving a pro rata reduction in salary as at the date when they cease pensionable service in this scheme, T’s final salary for an existing scheme is to be calculated by reference to their full-time equivalent final salary, or to the proportion or proportions of their full-time equivalent final salary appropriate to T’s working pattern as at the closing date.