Regulation 2A Conditions of eligibility for a GCHQ eligible personF1

(1)

A person (P) meets the conditions of eligibility if—

(F2a)

P was an active member of one of the following on the protected transfer date—

(i)

the First Connected Scheme;

(ii)

the Second Connected Scheme;

(iii)

the Third Connected Scheme;

(iv)

the Fourth Connected Scheme;

(v)

this scheme

(b)

P F3is an active member of F4one of the schemes listed in sub-paragraph (a) after the protected transfer date; and

(c)

since the protected transfer date P has been continuously employed by Government Communications Headquarters to carry out a protected function.

(2)

For the purpose of paragraph 1(c), P has not been continuously employed where P has had a gap in service of any period.

(3)

A person who ceases to meet the conditions of eligibility ceases to be a GCHQ eligible person on the date that the person ceases to meet those conditions.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Reg. 2A inserted (23.5.2019) by The Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/906), regs. 1(2)(c), 4
F2: Reg. 2A(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/334), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(a)
F3: Word in reg. 2A(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/334), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(i)
F4: Words in reg. 2A(1)(b) substituted (1.4.2022) by The Civil Service (Other Crown Servants) Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/334), regs. 1(2), 2(3)(b)(ii)