28. (1) In this Part—

“certified pension scheme” means a scheme or arrangement referred to in paragraph (c) of the definition of “public service pension scheme”;

“core member” means a Core scheme Member, as that term is defined in the rules of the North/South Pension Scheme, who pays contributions under that scheme at the rate agreed between the Minister, the Minister of Finance for Northern Ireland and the North/South Ministerial Council;

“defined contribution scheme” has the same meaning as it has in the Pensions Act 1990;

“fast accrual pension scheme” means a pre-existing public service pension scheme or certified pension scheme in accordance with the terms of which a member qualifies for the maximum pension benefit to which the member is entitled under the scheme on completion by that member of less than 40 years of service;

“NILGOSC member” means a public servant—

(a) who is a "Reserved Rights scheme Member", as that term is defined in Rule A10 of the North/South Pension Scheme, and

(b) to whom the terms of the scheme constituted by the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2000, the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment No. 2 and Transitional Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 and the Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002 applied on 28 April 2005;

“North/South Pension Scheme” means the superannuation scheme established pursuant to paragraph 3. 2 of Part 7 of Annex 2 to the Agreement between the Government of Ireland and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Establishing Implementation Bodies done at Dublin on the 8th day of March 1999;

“pensionable pay” shall be construed in accordance with section 29;

“pre-existing public service pension scheme” has the same meaning as it has in section 5 of the Public Service Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012;

“public servant” has the same meaning as it has in the Act of 2009, subject to the modification that a President holding office at any time following the cessation (whether as a result of the expiration by effluxion of time or as a result of any of the circumstances described in Article 12. 3.1° of the Constitution) of the term of office of the President holding office on the date of passing of this Act shall be a public servant;

“public service pension scheme” means—

(a) a pre-existing public service pension scheme,

(b) the Single Public Service Pension Scheme, or

(c) any other pension scheme or arrangement certified by the Minister as being such a scheme;

“standard accrual pension scheme” means a pre-existing public service pension scheme or certified pension scheme that is not a fast accrual pension scheme.

(2) There is, by virtue of this subsection, conferred on the Minister the power to certify a pension scheme or arrangement in the manner as mentioned in paragraph (c) of the definition of “public service pension scheme” in subsection (1).