Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland
Public Service Pensions
Education
Made
12th December 2014
Coming into operation-
1st April 2015
The Department of Education makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1)(1) (2)(d)(2), (3) and (4), 2(3), 3(1), (2), 3(a) and (c) and (4), 4(1) and (3)(4), 5(1), (3) and (5)(5), 7(1) and (4)(6), 8(1)(a) and (2)(a), 14, 18(1), (2), (4) and (5) to (10)(7), and paragraph (c) of the definition of “employer” in section 34, and paragraph 4 of Schedule 1, paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, Schedule 3, paragraph 4 of Schedule 5, paragraph 3 of Schedule 6, and paragraphs 1(2)(ii), 2(2)(ii) and 5 of Schedule 7 to the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014(8).
In accordance with section 21 of that Act, the Department of Education has consulted the representatives of such persons as appear to the Department likely to be affected by these Regulations.
In accordance with section 3(5) of that Act, the Department of Finance and Personnel(9)has consented to the making of these Regulations.
See section 1(4) of the Act for the meaning of “scheme regulations”.
See paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Act for the meaning of “teachers”.
See section 2(2) of the Act for the meaning of “responsible authority”.
See section 4(2) of the Act for the meaning of “scheme manager”. See section 4(6) of the Act for the meaning of a connected statutory pension scheme.
See section 5(8) of the Act for the meaning of “pension board”.
See section 7(6) of the Act for the meaning of “scheme advisory board”.
See section 8(4) of the Act for the meaning of “career average revalued earning scheme”.
Formerly Department of Finance: see S.I. 1982/338 N.I. 6) Article 3.