PART 3 N.I. Scheme membership

CHAPTER 3 N.I. Pensionable service

SECTION 1 N.I. General provisions

Service not pensionable unless member is entitled to pay N.I.

23.—(1) A person (P) in an eligible employment is not in pensionable service in relation to that employment unless P is entitled to be paid—

(a) P's salary in respect of that employment; or

(b) if P is on adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave, [F1 shared parental leave or] paternity leave F2 ...—

(i) at least half P's salary in respect of that employment; or

(ii) statutory pay; or

(c) if P is on sick leave, at least half P's salary in respect of that employment.

(2) P is not in pensionable service in relation to an employment during a period of non-pensionable family leave, non-pensionable sick leave or unpaid leave from that employment.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 23(1)(b) inserted (15.3.2015) by The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/146), arts. 1(2), 23(3)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 23(1)(b) omitted (5.4.2015) by virtue of The Shared Parental Leave and Statutory Shared Parental Pay (Consequential Amendments to Subordinate Legislation) Order (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/146), arts. 1(3), 23(3)(b) (with art. 25)