The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Revaluation of preserved benefit

6.—(1) Chapter 2 of Part 4 of the 1993 Act (protection for early leavers: revaluation of accrued benefits) is modified as follows.

(2) In the application of Chapter 2 for the purpose of revaluing benefit payable to or in respect of P under the old scheme—

(a) in section 79(1)(a)(ii)(1) (scope of Chapter 2), the reference to the date on which P’s pensionable service ends is to be taken as a reference to the date on which P’s pensionable service ends in relation to this scheme; and

(b) subsequent references in that Chapter to “the termination date” and the “pre-pension period” are to be construed accordingly.

(1)

Section 79 was amended by section 84(1) of, and paragraphs 20 of Schedule 9 to, the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11)). It was amended further in relation to the definition of “normal pension age” by section 27 of, and paragraph 21 of Schedule 8 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013 (c. 2(N.I.)).