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Booklets / Leaflets

Title

Date

Scheme

New Entrants

nuvos and partnership an overview (PDF 48KB) May 2009 nuvos, partnership
Pension choices - Premium or partnership (PDF 125 KB) Sept 2007 premium, partnership
Pension choices Nuvos or partnership (PDF 121KB) Sept 2008 nuvos, partnership
Pension choices - partnership - an overview (PDF 47.1 KB)   August 2008 partnership

Boosting Pensions

Added pension for classic, classic plus, premium and nuvos (PDF 50.8KB) July 2008 classic, classic plus, premium nuvos
Stakeholder Pensions (PDF 23.6 KB) June 2009
The NICS Additional Voluntary Contribution Scheme (PDF 48.5KB) April 2008 classic, classic plus, premium nuvos

Age Retirement

Classic plus retirement benefits (PDF 45.4KB)   June 2009 classic plus
Premium retirement benefits (PDF 61.2 KB) Oct 2008 premium
Classic retirement benefits (PDF 62.3 KB)   Nov 2008 classic
Nuvos retirement benefits (PDF 62.2 KB) Feb 2008 nuvos
Thinking about retirement (PDF 55.9 KB)   April 2008 classic, classic plus, premium nuvos

Main Scheme Booklets

Your classic pension benefits explained (PDF 67.0 KB) Oct 2009 classic
Your classic plus pension benefits explained (PDF 67.8 KB) Jan 2010 classic plus
Premium Pension Scheme (PDF 87.4 KB)   Jan 2009 premium
Nuvos Pension Scheme  (PDF 110KB)   Nov 2007 nuvos
Partnership Pension Account (PDF 83.6KB)   Sept 2008 partnership

Leaving Before Age Retirement

Leaving before pension age with 2 or more years service (PDF 32KB) May 2009 classic,classic plus, premium, nuvos
Leaving premium before pension age with less than 2 years' service 2008(PDF 40.9KB) Nov 2008 premium
Leaving nuvos before pension age with less than 2 yrs service (PDF 46.4 KB)   Sept 2007 nuvos

Ill health Retirement

Classic ill-health retirement pension benefits - 2008 (PDF 48KB) April 2008 classic
Classic plus and premium ill-health retirement pension benefits April 2008 classic plus, premium
nuvos ill-health retirement benefits (PDF 34.1) Feb 2010 nuvos

Compensation Scheme

Civil Service Compensation Scheme (Northern Ireland). Early retirement and redundancy for classic members  
Sept 2008
classic
Civil Service Compensation Scheme (Northern Ireland) [CSCS(NI)] Early retirement and redundancy for classic plus, premium and partnership pension account members   Oct 2008 classic plus, premium, partnership

Injury Benefits

Injury Benefits Scheme a brief guide (PDF 51.5KB)  
June 2008
classic, classic plus, partnership, premium, nuvos
Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme (NI) [CSIBS(NI)]Application for a Temporary Injury Award for Injuries Occurring prior to 1 December 2005 (PDF 76.0 KB) Nov 2005
Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme (NI) [CSIBS(NI)]Application for a Temporary Injury Award for Injuries Occurring after 1 December 2005 (PDF 77.4 KB)   "
Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme (NI) [CSIBS(NI)]Application for a Permanent Injury Award for Injuries Occurring prior to 1 December 2005 (PDF 75.5 KB)   "
Civil Service Injury Benefit Scheme (NI) [CSIBS(NI)]Application for a Permanent Injury Award for Injuries Occurring after 1 December 2005 (PDF 79.5 KB)   "

Death in Service

Classic benefits on death in service (PDF 32.5 KB) Dec 2009 classic
Classic plus and premium benefits on death-in-service (PDF 38.0KB) Jan 2010 classic plus, premium
Nuvos benefits on death in service. (PDF 35.4KB) Jan 2010 nuvos

Complaints and Appeals

If you have a complaint about your pension (PDF 34.3 KB) June 2008 classic, classic plus, partnership, premium, nuvos
The Medical Appeals Process Leaflet (PDF 50KB) June 2006 classic, classis plus, partnership, premium

Other Issues

Death Benefits and tax (PDF 36KB) August 2006 classic, classic plus, nuvos
Inverse Commutation Notes (PDF 44.4KB)
This leaflet is under review and will be available as soon as possible.
Partial Retirement - a guide for scheme members - April 2008 - (PDF 76.3KB) April 2008 classic, classic plus, premium, nuvos
Pensions and divorce, dissolution or annulment (PDF 42.0KB) Feb 2010 classic, classic plus, premium, nuvos
Pension for Partners - a guide (PDF 49.7KB Sept 2009 classic plus, premium, nuvos
The Public Sector Transfer Club leaflet (PDF 40KB) Sept 2008 classic, classic plus, premium
What is abatement?  (PDF 30.9KB) Feb 2010 classic, classic plus, premium, nuvos
Your pension and tax (How the tax rules may affect you) (PDF 72.7KB) June 2009 classic, classic plus, partnership, premium, nuvos

Fact Sheets

The following are fact sheets relevant to changing working patterns.
CWP1 40.3KB Nov 2008
CWP2 39.6KB   "
CWP3 32.5KB   "
CWP4 31.2KB   "
CWP5 32.9KB   "
OPT1  35.4KB   "

FORMS

All Forms

Death Benefit Nomination Form DB1 - classic only (PDF 27.1 KB) classic
Death Benefit Nomination Form DB2 - Classic Plus, P'ship Premium & Nuvos (PDF 39.2 KB) Sept 2007 classic plus, partnership, premium, nuvos
Death Benefit Nomination Form (Pension credit member PCDB1 - PDF 29KB) classic, classic plus, partnership, premium, nuvos
Revocation of Death Benefit Nomination (classic) RDB1 (PDF 46.4KB) Aug 2007 classic
Revocation of Death Benefit Nomination (other schemes) RDB2 (-PDF 52.0KB) classic plus, premium, partnership, nuvos
Switch Form - premium to partnership (PDF 41.1 KB) premium, partnership
Switch Form - partnership to premium (PDF 30.0 KB) premium, partnership
Switch Form nuvos (PDF 38.8 KB) Sept 2009 nuvos, partnership
Partners Declaration Form (PDF 24.4KB) Sept 2009 classic plus, premium, nuvos
PensionChoices Form - Permanent Nuvos or Partnership (47.0KB)  NE1 2009 nuvos, partnership
Pension Choices Form -Casual - Nuvos or Partnership (KB 46.4KB)  NE2 2009 nuvos, partnership
PensionChoices Form - By-analogy (PDF 92 KB)
PensionChoices-Form Re-joiners) (PDF 64.9KB) 2007 premium, partnership
Invocation form for IDR stage 2 (PDF 41.5KB) classic, classic plus, partnership, premium, nuvos
Application to buy Added Pension - Nuvos (46.3 KB) Dec 2009 nuvos
Application to buy Added Pension - classic, classic plus & premium (45.2 KB) Dec 2009 classic, classic plus, premium
Opting Into the PCSPS(NI) - classic (26.2 KB) Jan 2010 classic
Opting Into the PCSPS(NI) - premium (28.0 KB) Jan 2010 premium
Opting Into the PCSPS(NI) - nuvos (27.1 KB) Jan 2010 nuvos

FOR EMPLOYERS

New Entrant Pension Questionnaire PDF Form HRConnect use
New Entrant Pension Questionnaire PDF Form Departmental use October 2009
Pensions Questionnaire & Rejoiner Calculator Jan 2010 nuvos, partnership
New: Rejoining partnership form (RP1) (PDF 52KB) Not available in MS word. April 2008 partnership
List of Public Sector Transfer Club members
Confirmation of Job Reshaping

Miscellaneous

Map to Waterside House