Regulation 69 Consequences of reviewI1

If, on such consideration as is mentioned in regulation 68(1) (review of ill-health award or early payment of retirement pension), the scheme manager determines^f1 that a member (H) who is in receipt of a higher tier ill-health pension has become capable of undertaking regular employment, H’s entitlement to that pension must cease with immediate effect.

Subject to paragraph (3), a lower tier ill-health pension must continue to be paid to a member who ceases to be entitled to a higher tier ill-health pension.

If—

L’s entitlement to a lower tier ill-health pension must cease whether L accepts or declines the offer.

The employer must by written notice when making a paragraph (3)(b) offer specify a date by which, if the member has not accepted the offer, the member will be taken to have declined it.

A lower tier ill-health pension ceases to be payable on the earlier of the following dates—

Where a member declines a paragraph (3)(b) offer, a deferred member’s account must be established under regulation 48 (account established after ill-health award ceases to be payable) from the date on which that member’s ill-health award ceases to be payable in accordance with paragraph (5).

Where L is entitled to an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension or to an equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension, paragraphs (3) and (5) apply as if the reference to “lower tier ill-health pension” included an equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension or an equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension, as the case may be.

If, on such consideration as is mentioned in regulation 68(2) (review of ill-health award or early payment of retirement pension), the scheme manager has obtained the IQMP’s opinion which states that a deferred member (P) whose deferred pension is being paid early has become capable of undertaking regular employment, P’s entitlement to early payment of the pension must cease with immediate effect and P’s deferred member’s account must be adjusted under regulation 47 (adjustment of account after early payment of deferred pension ceases).