Amendment of regulation 23

In regulation 2 (Interpretation)—

a

in the definition of “accrued club transfer earned pension”, in paragraph (b), for “amount of description” substitute “amount of a description”,

b

for the definition of “active member”, substitute ““active member” has the meaning given in regulation 2A;”;

c

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “additional adoption leave” means additional ordinary adoption leave under Article 107B of The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 19963;

d

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “additional maternity leave” has the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Maternity and Parental Leave etc. Regulations (Northern Ireland) 19994;

e

omit the definition of “additional paternity leave”;

f

for the definition of “adoption leave”, substitute—

  • “adoption leave” means ordinary adoption leave or additional adoption leave;

g

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “child-related leave” means adoption leave, maternity leave, parental leave, paternity leave or shared parental leave;

h

for the definition of “connected scheme”, substitute—

  • “connected scheme” has the meaning given in regulation 2B;

i

in the definition of “description of added pension”, in paragraph (a) omit “and”,

j

in the definition of “index adjustment”—

i

in paragraph (a), for “that scheme year” substitute “the previous scheme year”;

ii

in paragraph (b), for “that scheme year” substitute “the previous scheme year”;

k

in the definition of “maternity leave”, omit the words after “additional maternity leave”;

l

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “ordinary adoption leave” means ordinary adoption leave under Article 107A of The Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 19965;

m

in the definition of “partial retirement earned pension”, in paragraph (b) after “(if any);” insert “and”

n

for the definition of “partnership pension account”, substitute—

  • “partnership pension account” has the meaning given in regulation 2C;

o

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “pensionable service”, in relation to a pension scheme, means service which qualifies a person to a pension or other benefits under that scheme;

p

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “PCSPS(NI) partial retirement option” means the option exercisable under rule—

    1. a

      D.1A of Section I of the PCSPS(NI);

    2. b

      3.3b of Section II of the PCSPS(NI); or

    3. c

      E.4 of Section III of the PCSPS(NI);

q

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “shared parental leave” has the meaning given in regulation 3(1) of The Shared Parental Leave Regulations (Northern Ireland) 20156;

r

in the definition of “statutory pay”—

i

in paragraph (c), omit “ordinary”;

ii

for paragraph (d) substitute—

d

statutory shared parental pay within the meaning of section 167ZU (Entitlement: birth) or section 167ZW (Entitlement: adoption) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 19927;

s

omit the definition of “surviving nominated partner”;

t

at the appropriate place insert—

  • “surviving partner” has the meaning given in regulation 101;

u

in the definition of “transition member”, for “Paragraph” substitute “paragraph”

v

for the definition of “weekly rate”, substitute—

  • “weekly rate”, in relation to a guaranteed minimum pension, means, in cases where the pension is paid otherwise than at weekly intervals, a rate which is equivalent to the earner’s guaranteed minimum having regard to the period in respect of which the pension is paid;