2017 No. 40

Public Service Pensions

The Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Judicial Pensions) (Consequential Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017

Made

Coming into operation

The Department for Communities F1 makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 83 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015 F2.

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

Citation and commencement1

These Regulations may be cited as the Pension Schemes Act 2015 (Judicial Pensions) (Consequential Provision) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 and shall come into operation on 23rd February 2017.

Provision consequential on section 78 of the Pension Schemes Act 20152

In section 31(4) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 F3 (new public body pension schemes) in the definition of “public body pension scheme” after “an existing scheme” insert “ or a scheme established under section 18A of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 F4.

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Communities on 22nd February 2017

Anne McCleary A senior officer of theDepartment for Communities

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make a consequential amendment to section 31 of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (“the 2014 Act”) following the enactment of section 18A of the Judicial Pensions and Retirement Act 1993 (“the 1993 Act”). Section 18A of the 1993 Act enables the creation of a pension scheme for certain fee-paid judges including, in particular, making provision corresponding or similar to that made by or under Part 1 or section 20 of, or Schedule 2 or 2A to, the 1993 Act for salaried judges. Section 18A of the 1993 Act was inserted by section 78 of the Pension Schemes Act 2015. This amendment will ensure that the relationship between the 2014 Act and a scheme created under section 18A of the 1993 Act will be the same as the relationship between the 2014 Act and other judicial pension schemes established by or under the 1993 Act.