#2026/99Northern Ireland Civil Service Pension Remedy Amendment Regulations 2026
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This regulation makes technical changes to Northern Ireland’s civil service pension rules for members affected by the public service pension remedy. It updates how certain “remediable service” cases are handled, especially where civil servants may have applied for ill-health retirement during the remedy period. The practical effect is to clarify eligibility and scheme connections for affected pension members and administrators. Civil service pension teams should check ill-health pension cases and remedy calculations against the updated wording from 18 June 2026.
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Key Changes
- Clarifies how connected pension schemes are treated for a specific remediable service rule
- Replaces references to the transition date with 1 April 2022 in the relevant transitional provisions
- Expands and clarifies ill-health pension eligibility wording for affected civil service pension members
Obligations
What this law requires
From 18 June 2026, Northern Ireland civil service pension administrators must apply the amended connected-schemes rule so that regulation 2B(2)(a) and (b) do not apply when determining matters under regulation 62B of the 2023 Remediable Service Regulations.
From 18 June 2026, administrators must assess affected transitional pension cases under Schedule 2 paragraph 29B by reference to 1 April 2022 instead of the previous “transition date”.
From 18 June 2026, administrators must treat eligibility under Schedule 2 paragraph 29B as capable of arising where the member’s relevant pension connection is with PCSPS(NI) or the 2014 civil service pension scheme, as applicable.
From 18 June 2026, administrators reviewing remediable service cases must check ill-health pension applications against the amended criterion that the member would have been entitled to payment of an ill-health pension under PCSPS(NI) if the application had been determined on 31 March 2022.