Regulation 74 Entitlement to lower tier ill-health pension and higher tier ill-health pensionI1

in the opinion of an IQMP, the member is incapable of performing any of the duties of the role in which the member was last employed because of incapacity of mind or body and this incapacity will continue until normal pension age;

the member has at least three months of qualifying service;

consequent on the incapacity in sub-paragraph (a), the member has been dismissed or retired from scheme employment; and

the scheme manager has determined that the member is entitled to a lower tier ill-health pension.

in the opinion of an IQMP, the member is incapable of undertaking regular employment because of incapacity of mind or body and this incapacity will continue until normal pension age;

the member has at least five years of qualifying service;

the member is entitled to a lower tier ill-health pension; and

the scheme manager has determined that the member is entitled to a higher tier ill-health pension.

prior to 1 April 2022 the authority has decided to obtain the written opinion of an independent qualified medical practitioner under rule H1 (determination by fire authority) of the 1992 Scheme concerning whether a member of that scheme is permanently disabled or able to undertake regular employment before making a determination as to whether the member is entitled to an ill-health award under rule B3 (ill-health awards) of the 1992 Scheme, and

the authority’s determination has not been made prior to 1 April 2022

if paragraph 22 applies in relation to A, A is also entitled to an amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension that would, if the member were entitled to payment of a lower tier ill-health pension under rule 2(2) of the NFPS, be payable to the member under the NFPS;

if paragraph 24 applies in relation to A, A is also entitled to an amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension that would, if the member were entitled to payment of a lower tier ill-health pension under rule B3 (ill-health awards) of the 1992 Scheme, be payable to the member under the 1992 Scheme.

the amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (4) is referred to as the “equivalent amount to the NFPS lower tier ill-health pension” (“swm cyfwerth â’r pensiwn afiechyd haen isaf CPNDT”);

the amount equivalent to the annual amount of a lower tier ill-health pension in sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (4) is referred to as the “equivalent amount to the 1992 Scheme lower tier ill-health pension” (“swm cyfwerth â’r pensiwn afiechyd haen isaf Cynllun 1992”).