Paragraph 18 Transition member with significant impairment of capacity for gainful employment who reaches age 55F1

of the benefits that were payable under paragraph 17(2)(b), the AFPS 2005 basic earned benefits cease to be payable under paragraph 17(2)(b) and instead become payable under the AFPS 2005; and

of the benefits that were payable under paragraph 17(2)(b), the AFPS 2005 significant incapacity ill-health enhancement benefits continue to be payable under paragraph 17(2)(b).

the “AFPS 2005 basic earned benefits” means the amount arrived at by multiplying one seventieth of T’s final pensionable earnings by T’s reckonable service in the AFPS 2005 expressed as number of years; and

the “AFPS 2005 significant incapacity ill-health enhancement benefits” means the benefits payable at paragraph 17(4) in respect of service before T’s transition date minus the AFPS 2005 basic earned benefits.

has had their benefits reduced in accordance with rule D.12 (reduction in pension debit member’s benefits) of the AFPS 2005, that reduction is to be applied to the amount at paragraph (3)(a);

has exercised an option under rule D.10 (option to exchange lump sum for pension) of the AFPS 2005, the amount at paragraph (3)(a) is to be increased by the amount of the additional pension resulting from that option;

has had a deduction made to their benefit in accordance with rule J.13 (deduction of special lump sum death benefits charge) of the AFPS 2005, that deduction is to be applied to the amount at paragraph (3)(a);

has had their benefits adjusted in accordance with section 237E (consequential benefit adjustment to be reasonable etc) of the Finance Act 2004, that adjustment is to be applied to the amount at paragraph (3)(a).