The Police Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024 No. 219

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Statutory Rules of Northern Ireland

2024 No. 219

Public Service Pensions

The Police Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024

Made

17th December 2024

Coming into operation

1st April 2025

The Department of Justice makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 1(1) and (2)(g) (together with paragraph 7 of Schedule 2), 3(1), (2)(a) and (b) (together with paragraph 9 of Schedule 3) and (3)(a) of the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014( 1)(the 2014 Act).

In accordance with section 22 of the 2014 Act, the Department has consulted with the representatives of such persons as appear to the Department likely to be affected by these Regulations.

In accordance with section 3(5)( 2) of the 2014 Act, the Department of Finance has consented to the making of these Regulations.

Citation, commencement and effect

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2024.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 1st April 2025.

Amendment of the Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

2.  The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015( 3) are amended in accordance with Regulation 3.

Rate of member’s contributions

3.  In regulation 169 (Rate of member’s contributions) after paragraph (5) omit table and insert—

For each scheme year falling in the period beginning 1st April 2025 and ending 31st March 2027

Column 1

Annualised rate of pensionable earnings

Column 2

Member contribution rate

Less than £60,000 13.66%
£60,000 or more 14.00%

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Justice on 17th December 2024.

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Naomi Long

Minister of Justice

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance on 17th December 2024.

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Patrick Neeson

A senior officer of the Department of Finance

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

These Regulations amend the Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 ( S.R. 2015 No. 113) in order to amend the rates of contributions payable by members of the police pension scheme governed by these Regulations to address a shortfall in employee pension contributions identified by the Government Actuary in the 2020 police pension scheme valuation.

( 1)

2014 c.2 (N.I.). Section 3(1) was amended by section 94(12) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022.

( 2)

Departments Act (Northern Ireland)  2016 c.5 (N.I.). Section 1(4) renamed the Department of Finance and Personnel as the Department of Finance.


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