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EMPLOYMENT Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Interpretation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment to Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
POLICE Citation and commencement 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2006. 2 These Regulations come into operation on 5th April 2006 but, except for paragraph 8 of Schedule 1, have effect from 5th December 2005 . Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 2 The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 are amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to these Regulations. Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1993 3 The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1993 are amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Peter Hain One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 20th March 2006 We consent to the making of these Regulations Gillian Merron Vernon Coaker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 23rd March 2006
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 5th April 2006. Amendment of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations 2 In regulation 3 of the Social Security (Industrial Injuries) (Prescribed Diseases) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (transitional provision) “(a) and (c)” shall be omitted. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 15th March 2006. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The levy ceiling 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Substitution of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision relating to amount of allowance payable 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision relating to claims not made, or made but not determined, before the operative date 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Transitional provision relating to revision and appeal 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
HEALTH AND PERSONAL SOCIAL SERVICES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st April 2006. 2 In these Regulations— “the principal Regulations ” means the Travelling Expenses and Remission of Charges Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004 ; and “the Income Support Regulations ” means the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987 . Amendment of regulation 6 of the principal Regulations 2 In regulation 6(1)(b)(i) after “by less than the travel expenses”, insert “incurred in any week”. Amendment of Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations 3 1 Schedule 1 to the principal Regulations (Modifications of the Income Support (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1987) is amended as follows. 2 In Table A, in the modification of regulation 45 of the Income Support Regulations, for “£8,000” substitute “£16,000”. 3 In Table B, in paragraph 1(2) of the inserted Schedule 4A which modifies the Income Support Regulations, for “£3,000” substitute “£6,000”. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 16th March 2006 Christine Jendoubi A senior officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel insofar as the foregoing Regulations relate to Travelling Expenses on 16th March 2006 Dr Mary McIvor A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel The Department of Finance and Personnel hereby approves the foregoing Regulations insofar as they relate to Remission of Charges. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Finance and Personnel on 16th March 2006 Dr Mary McIvor A senior officer of the Department of Finance and Personnel
PLANNING APPEALS COMMISSION PROCEDURES Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Decisions of the appeals commission 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reports made by the appeals commission 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PENSIONS Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and come into operation on 6th April 2006. Amendments to the Judicial Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1995 2 Part 3 (Free-Standing Additional Voluntary Contribution Schemes) is revoked. 3 Part 4 (Judicial Added Benefits Scheme) is revoked. Falconer of Thoroton, C. Lord Chancellor Dated 6th March 2006 We consent Dave Watts Vernon Coaker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 13th March 2006
POLICE Citation and commencement 1 1 These regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006. 2 These regulations come into operation on 1st April 2006 but regulation 2, in so far as it relates to paragraphs 4 to 9 of Schedule 1, and regulations 4 and 5 have effect from 1st July 1992. Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 2 The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 are amended in accordance with Schedule 1 to these Regulations. Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988 3 The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988 are amended in accordance with Schedule 2 to these Regulations. Interest on late payments 4 Where all or part of a sum— a becomes payable under the amendments contained in these Regulations on a date before the date on which these Regulations come into operation, and b is not or was not paid within three months of the date it became payable, the Board shall pay the amount or additional amount payable together with interest from the date that payment was due calculated at the rate of 5 per cent per year, compounded with yearly rests. Commutation of late payments 5 Any notice of commutation under regulation B7 of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 in respect of a sum which becomes payable— a under the amendments contained in these Regulations, and b before the date on which these Regulations come into operation, shall be given within six months of the date on which these Regulations come into operation. Peter Hain One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 28th February 2006 We consent to the making of these Regulations Vernon Coaker Dave Watts Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 6th March 2006
POLICE Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland Pensions (Pension Sharing) Regulations 2006 and shall come into operation on 31st March 2006 but have effect from 1st December 2000. Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 2 The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Regulations 1988 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 1. Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988 3 1 Regulation 3 of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Purchase of Increased Benefits) Regulations 1988 (election to purchase increased benefits) shall be amended as follows. 2 In paragraph (1) for the words “Subject to paragraph (2)” there shall be substituted the words “Subject to paragraphs (2) and (2A)”. 3 After paragraph (2) there shall be inserted— 2A Subject to paragraph (2B), a pension debit member may not replace any rights debited to him as a consequence of a pension sharing order with any rights which he would not have been able to acquire (in addition to the debited rights) had the order not been made. 2B Paragraph (2A) does not apply if and to the extent that regulations made under paragraph 18(10) or (11) of Schedule 10 to the Finance Act 1999 make provision as a result of which the requirement in section 590(3)(bb) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 has effect in the case of rights under these regulations and the principal regulations with any exception, exclusion or modification permitting a member to replace any rights so debited. . Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1993 4 1 The Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1993 shall be amended in accordance with Schedule 2. 2 Except as provided by virtue of that Schedule, those Regulations shall not apply to a person in his capacity as a person entitled to a pension credit under Article 26(1)(b) of the Welfare Reform and Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 or under corresponding Great Britain legislation or a pension credit member (within the meaning of Article 121(1) of the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 ). Amendment of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Full-time) Pensions Regulations 1994 5 1 The Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve (Full-time) Pensions Regulations 1994 shall be amended as follows. 2 In regulation 3 (application of the Pensions Regulations to reserve members) for the words “and L” there shall be substituted the words “, L and N”. 3 In regulation F7A (Board to provide certificate of the amount of pensionable service giving entitlement to pension), at the end of paragraph (2) there shall be added— , and c whether that reserve member is a pension credit member and, if so, the reduction in his rights by virtue of Article 28 of the 1999 Order . . Peter Hain One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 28th February 2006 We consent to the making of these regulations Vernon Coaker Dave Watts Two the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury 6th March 2006
JUSTICE 1 This Order may be cited as the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 (Commencement No.11) Order 2006. 2 The provisions of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002 specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 3rd April 2006. Peter Hain One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Northern Ireland Office 8th March 2006
PHARMACY Citation and commencement 1 – 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 1st June 2006. 2 In these Regulations “the principal regulations”means the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (General) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1994 . Amendment of the principal regulations 2 In regulation 3 of the principal regulations (restoration fees) for “£87”there shall be substituted “£104”. 3 In regulation 4 of the principal regulations (retention fees)– a in paragraph (1)(a) for “£245”there shall be substituted “£295”; b in paragraph (2)(a) for “£113”there shall be substituted “£135”; c in paragraph (2)(b) for “£90”there shall be substituted “£108”; d in paragraph (2)(c) for “£41”there shall be substituted “£49”. Sealed with the Common Seal of the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland on 8th May 2006 in the presence of Brendan Kerr President Terence T. Hannawin Secretary & Registrar The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety hereby approves the foregoing Regulations. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on 8th May 2006. Paul Simpson A Senior Officer of the Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Fund (Application for Review) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 24th April 2006. Amendment of the Social Fund (Application for Review) Regulations 2 In regulation 2 of the Social Fund (Application for Review) Regulations (Northern Ireland 1988 (manner of making application for review or further review and time limits) for paragraph (1) there shall be substituted— 1 Any application for— a a review of any determination made by an appropriate officer shall be in writing and shall be made within the time specified in paragraph (2) by sending or delivering it to an office of the Department for Social Development; b a further review by a social fund inspector of a determination of an appropriate officer which has been reviewed shall be in writing and shall be made within the time specified in paragraph (2) by sending or delivering it to— i for the period up to 1st April 2007, either the Office of the Social Fund Commissioner or an office of the Department for Social Development, ii for the period from and including 2nd April 2007, the Office of the Social Fund Commissioner only. Revocation 3 Article 10(a) of the Social Security (1998 Order) (Commencement No. 11 and Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 1999 is hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 31st March 2006. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
FOOD Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Fish Labelling Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2006. Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 2 In regulation 4(1)(b) of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979 (days to be treated as days of increment), for head (ii) there shall be substituted the following heads— ii graduated retirement benefit where that person’s period of deferment ended on or before 5th April 2006; or iii an unemployability supplement; and . Amendment of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations 3 In regulation 5 of the Social Security (Payments on account, Overpayments and Recovery) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1988 (offsetting prior payment against subsequent award)— a in paragraph (1), after “Subject to” there shall be inserted “paragraph (6) and”; and b after paragraph (5), there shall be added the following paragraph— 6 Subject to regulation 6, any sums under— a Schedule 5 or 5A to the Contributions and Benefits Act (pension increases or lump sum where entitlement to retirement pension or shared additional pension is deferred); or b Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (increases or lump sum where entitlement to graduated retirement benefit is deferred), paid pursuant to a decision which is subsequently revised under Article 10 of the 1998 Order (revision of decisions), superseded under Article 11 of that Order (superseding earlier decisions) or overturned on appeal, shall be offset against any sums due under the subsequent determination and, except to the extent that the sum exceeds the amount now due, shall be treated as properly paid on account of it. . Amendment of the Social Security (Retirement Pensions etc.) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 4 In regulation 2(4)(a) of the Social Security (Retirement Pensions etc.) (Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (modification of Schedule 5 to the Act), after “retirement pension” there shall be inserted “(excluding any increase under section 83, 84 or 85)”. Revocation 5 The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992 are hereby revoked. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 10th March 2006. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development
LOCAL GOVERNMENT Citation, commencement and retrospection 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exceptions relating to payment of additional benefit under awards made before the commencing date 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Persons not ordinarily resident in Northern Ireland 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amendment of the Social Security Benefit (Dependency) Regulations 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
SOCIAL SECURITY Citation and commencement 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Increase of earnings limits in respect of dependent children and qualifying young persons 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Revocation 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PENSIONS Citation and Commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Judicial Pensions (Northern Ireland) (Widows' and Children’s Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations 2006 and come into operation on 6th April 2006. Amendments to the Judicial Pensions (Northern Ireland) (Widows' and Children’s Benefits) Regulations 1987 2 The Judicial Pensions (Northern Ireland) (Widows' and Children’s Benefits) Regulations 1987 are amended as follows. 3 1 In regulation 8(2) (Election to make periodical payments), in sub-paragraph (a), for “4 per cent.”, substitute “2.4%”. 2 In regulation 8(2), in sub-paragraph (b), for “3 per cent.”, substitute “1.8%”. 3 For regulation 8(4) substitute— 4 Subject to paragraphs (7) and (8), an election made under this regulation shall be irrevocable. 4 After regulation 8(6) insert— 7 An office-holder who ceases to be married after having made an election under this regulation may revoke his election by notice in writing to the responsible authority not later than six months after his so ceasing. 8 Without prejudice to paragraph (7), an office-holder who is making periodical payments may on a single occasion and regardless of his marital status revoke his election to pay periodical payments by notifying the responsible authority in writing that he wishes to do so. 9 A revocation made under paragraph (7) or (8) shall not prevent an office-holder subsequently electing to make periodical payments in accordance with paragraph (3). 4 For regulation 9(2) (Additional payments for back service), substitute— 2 An office-holder who has back service and who elects to make periodical payments at the standard rate may also elect to make, in respect of that back service, additional payments at the following rates— a if he is serving in a 15 year office, 2.4%, 4.8%, 6.6% or a higher percentage, being a multiple of the standard rate; b if he is serving in a 20 year office, 1.8%, 3.6%, 5.4%, 7.2% or a higher percentage being a multiple of the standard rate. 5 In regulation 10(4) (Method of payment), for the words “15 per cent. of the”, substitute “the total”. 6 Regulation 13(2) (Refunds of periodical payments) is revoked. Falconer of Thoroton, C. Lord Chancellor Dated 1st March 2006 Dave Watts Vernon Coaker Two of the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty’s Treasury Dated 13th March 2006
PENSIONS Citation, commencement and interpretation 1 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Occupational Pension Schemes (Trustees' Knowledge and Understanding) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 and shall come into operation on 6th April 2006. 2 In these Regulations “ the Order ” means the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005. Exceptions for trustees of small schemes 2 1 The requirements imposed by Article 224(3) and (4) of the Order (requirement for knowledge and understanding: individual trustees) shall not apply to trustees of schemes with fewer than 12 members where all the members are trustees of the scheme and either— a the provisions of the scheme provide that any decision made by the trustees is made by the unanimous agreement of the trustees who are members of the scheme, or b the scheme has a trustee who is independent in relation to the scheme for the purposes of Article 23 of the 1995 Order (power to appoint independent trustees), and is registered in the register maintained by the Regulator in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (4) of that Article. 2 The requirements imposed by Article 225(3) and (5) of the Order (requirement for knowledge and understanding: corporate trustees) shall not apply to trustees of schemes with fewer than 12 members where a company is the sole trustee of the scheme and all of the members of the scheme are directors of the company and either— a the provisions of the scheme provide that any decision made by the company in its capacity as trustee is made by the unanimous agreement of the directors who are members of the scheme, or b one of the directors of the company is independent in relation to the scheme for the purposes of Article 23 of the 1995 Order and is registered in the register maintained by the Regulator in accordance with regulations made under paragraph (4) of that Article. Individual trustees: period of grace 3 Article 224(3) and (4) of the Order shall not apply to any individual who is a trustee of a relevant scheme for a period of six months beginning with the date of his appointment as such a trustee, unless— a he is an independent trustee who meets the requirements of Article 23(1) of the 1995 Order, or b he was appointed as a consequence of holding himself out as having expertise in any of the matters listed in Article 224(4) of the Order or in any regulations made under paragraph (4)(c) of that Article. Corporate trustees: period of grace 4 Article 225(3) and (5) of the Order shall not apply to any individual who exercises any function which a company has as trustee of a relevant scheme, for a period of six months beginning with the date of his appointment to the company, unless— a he is an independent trustee who meets the requirements of Article 23(1) of the 1995 Order, or b he was appointed as a consequence of holding himself out as having expertise in any of the matters listed in Article 225(5) of the Order or in any regulations made under paragraph (5)(c) of that Article. Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on 13th March 2006. John O'Neill A senior officer of the Department for Social Development