The Department for Communities (DfC) is the responsible authority for the Local Government Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) (LGPS (NI)) under the Public Service Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2014 (2014 c.2).
The LGPS (NI) is a funded pension scheme administered by the Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC), a non-departmental public body established in April 1950 to operate a pension scheme for district councils and other admitted bodies in Northern Ireland. The LGPS (NI) is funded by contributions from employers (who have been designated as employing authorities or admitted to the scheme) and their employees. The LGPS (NI) is provided for in a number of statutory rules (as amended), referred to as the LGPS (NI) Regulations.
DfC carried out a public consultation from 10 March to 24 March 2023 on proposed amendments to the LGPS (NI) Regulations (“the draft Regulations”).
Synopsis of Responses and Departmental Response to the consultation on the draft Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023