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These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016 and come into operation on the same day as paragraph 38 of Schedule 13 to the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 comes into operation. On that day paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 to the Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 ceases to have effect.
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(1) The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 are amended as follows.
(2) After paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 insert—“
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(1) Chapter 3 of Part 4 of the 1993 Act (protection for early leavers: protection of increases in guaranteed minimum pensions (“anti-franking”)) is modified as follows.
(2) In the application of that Chapter to P as a member of the old scheme—
(a) in section 83(1)(a)(i) (general protection principle), the reference to the time when P ceases to be in pensionable service under a scheme that was, before the second abolition date, a salary-related contracted-out scheme is to be taken as a reference to the time when P ceases to be in pensionable service in relation to this scheme; and
(b) subsequent references to “the cessation date” are to be construed accordingly.”.
Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 8th March 2016
David Ford
Minister of Justice
The Department of Finance and Personnel consents to the foregoing Regulations.Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 9th March 2016
Emer Morelli
A senior officer of the
Department of Finance and Personnel
