Regulation 53 M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits to be treated as equivalent in M’s alternative schemeI1

England and Wales

(1)

This regulation applies in relation to an immediate choice member (“M”) who, during the period beginning on 1 April 2015 and ending on 31 March 2022, was—

(a)

a 2007 IHR member; or

(b)

a 2015 IHR member.

(2)

For the purposes of the PSPJOA 2022 and these Regulations, M is to be treated as meeting the requirements for an equivalent ill-health award in M’s alternative scheme.

(3)

In paragraph (2), “equivalent ill-health award in M’s alternative scheme” means, where M is entitled to—

(a)

a lower tier award under the 2007 scheme, a lower tier award under the 2015 scheme;

(b)

a higher tier award under the 2007 scheme, a higher tier award under the 2015 scheme;

(c)

a lower tier award under the 2015 scheme, and—

(i)

M’s legacy scheme is the 1992 scheme, a lower tier award under that scheme;

(ii)

M’s legacy scheme is the 2007 scheme, a lower tier award under that scheme;

(d)

a higher tier award under the 2015 scheme, and—

(i)

M’s legacy scheme is the 1992 scheme, a higher tier award under that scheme;

(ii)

M’s legacy scheme is the 2007 scheme, a higher tier award under that scheme.

(4)

No question relating to M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits that has been decided following a referral to an IQMP is to be re-opened by virtue of any provision of the PSPJOA 2022 or of these Regulations.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 53 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(3)