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  • Open consultation Consultation on draft Police Pensions (Amendment ) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025

    Topics:
    • Justice and the law, 
    • Policing and community safety

    Consultation closes 2 October 2025, 11.00 pm

    Summary

    This consultation provides detail of proposed changes to the 2015 Police Pension Scheme Regulations to:
    Provide active or deferred members previously excluded from ill health retirement in the 2015 scheme, with an option to be able to retire under ill health retirement, subject to the full employee contribution for that period having been paid, from the date that member joined the 2015 scheme until 31 March 2024; and
    Make a technical amendment to the Police Pension Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 in order to improve the operation of the pension scheme established by those Regulations.

    Documents

    • Consultation document Adobe PDF (243 KB)
    • Draft pension regulations Adobe PDF (163 KB)
    • Equality impact screening document Adobe PDF (241 KB)
    • Rural needs impact assessment Adobe PDF (139 KB)

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    Consultation description

    WAY TO RESPOND

    The Department welcomes input from policing stakeholders and interested parties to ensure that the final regulations and policies are based upon an understanding of how this amendment affect members of the 2015 police pension scheme in Northern Ireland.

    Ways to respond

    Respond online
    Email:
    DOJSMPPHRPB.Correspondence@justice-ni.gov.uk
    Write to:
    Police Pensions and Human Resources Policy Branch
    Department of Justice
    Knockview Buildings
    Stormont Estate
    Belfast, BT4 3SG
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