The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Interpretation of ChapterN.I.

140.  In this Chapter—

accrued rights” does not include rights accrued under the Judicial Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme if the scheme manager considers that the amount to which the member is entitled under that Scheme is sufficient for the purchase of an annuity for the member;

another pension scheme” means—

(a)

another occupational pension scheme that is a registered pension scheme but is not a connected scheme;

(b)

a personal pension scheme; or

(c)

the Judicial Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme;

Judicial Additional Voluntary Contributions Scheme” means the additional voluntary contribution scheme constituted under Part 2 of the Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1995 M1;

transfer date” means the earlier of—

(a)

if the scheme manager has provided a transfer statement, the last day of the period of 2 months beginning with the date of the statement; or

(b)

the day on which the transfer value payment is received by the scheme manager;

transfer payment request” means a request to the scheme manager under this Chapter that a transfer value payment be accepted from another pension scheme;

transfer statement” means a statement under regulation 142(2).

Marginal Citations

M1S.I. 1995/639, amended by S.I. 1996/52, 2006/747 and 2012/516.