2016 No. 71

Pensions

The Public Service Pensions (Certification Officer for Northern Ireland) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016

Made

Coming into operation

The Department of Finance and Personnel makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and 2(a), 3(1) and (3) and 25(3) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 F1.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F1

2014 Chapter 2 (N.I).

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Public Service Pensions (Certification Officer for Northern Ireland) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2016, shall come into operation on 17th March 2016 and shall have effect from 15th June 2012.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations “the scheme” means the scheme established under The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014 F2.

Extension of scheme3

1

The following persons are specified as persons to whom the scheme may potentially relate.

2

These are—

a

persons employed in the office of the Certification Officer for Northern Ireland F3.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F3

S.I. 1992 No. 807 (N.I. 5) Article 69(1).

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 25th February 2016.

Grace Nesbitt A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations specify persons employed in the office of Certification Officer for Northern Ireland as persons to whom the scheme, established under The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, may potentially relate, in accordance with section 25(3) of the Public Service Pensions (Northern Ireland) Act 2014. It has retrospective effect from 15th June 2012 by virtue of section 3(3)(b) of the 2014 Act.