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    Topics:
    • Working in the Northern Ireland Civil Service, 
    • Civil Service Pensions (NI), 
    • Key sections and resources for NICS Pension Schemes Employers, 
    • Key sections and resources for NICS Pension Schemes Members

    The rules of associated schemes which do not form part of the main NICS Pension Schemes can be accessed in the links below

    • Rules of the Civil Service Compensation Scheme (Northern Ireland)
    • Civil Service Injury Benefits Scheme (Northern Ireland)
    • Northern Ireland Civil Service Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme
    • Northern Ireland Partnership Pension Account Ill Health Benefits Scheme (Please note that this scheme has been been closed to new applications after 31 March 2015)
    • Northern Ireland Partnership Pension Account Death Benefits Scheme (Please note that this scheme has been closed in respect of deaths after 31 March 2015)
    • Supplementary Earnings Cap Scheme Rules (Please note that this scheme was closed to new members with effect from 6 April 2006)
    • Rules of the Unregistered Death Benefit Scheme (Northern Ireland) [UDBS(NI)] (Please note that this scheme has been closed in respect of deaths after 31 March 2015)

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    • Annual Benefit Statements - FAQs
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    • Civil Service Pensions (NI) Digital Newsletter - Issue 2 - May 2023
    • Civil Service Pensions (NI) Digital Newsletter - Issue 3 - September 2023
    • Civil Service Pensions (NI) Digital Newsletter - Issue 4 - February 2024
    • Civil Service Pensions (NI) Digital Newsletter - Issue 5 - March 2025
    • Civil Service Pensions (NI) Privacy Policy Overview
    • Death Benefit Nomination
    • Distribution of Immediate Choice Remediable Service Statements (RSS)
    • Employee Pension Notices
    • Employer Contribution Rates
    • Employer Pension Notices
    • EPA (Effective Pension Age)
    • Ill-Health Retirement
    • Ill-Health Retirement - Members affected by Remedy
    • Immediate Choice Remediable Service Statement (RSS) Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
    • Key Remedy Dates and Jargon Buster
    • Making an Allowance Pensionable
    • McCloud Judgment and 2015 Remedy
    • McCloud Judgment and Remedy FAQs - Timings and Next Steps
    • Members like me
    • Moving to the alpha pension scheme in April 2022
    • New Fair Deal
    • NICS Pension Schemes - Employer Calculators
    • NICS Pension Schemes - Employers Forms
    • NICS Pension Schemes - Member Calculators
    • NICS Pension Schemes - New Entrant Pension Pack
    • NICS Pension Schemes Members - Publications
    • NICS Pension Schemes – Member forms
    • Northern Ireland Civil Service Pension Board (NICSPB)
    • Northern Ireland Civil Service Pension Scheme Valuations
    • Northern Ireland Civil Service Scheme Advisory Board (NICSSAB)
    • Partial Retirement
    • Partnership pension account
    • PCSPS(NI) Rules
    • Pension Notice Archive
    • Quick Start Guides
    • Remedy Scheme Pays
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