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Regulation D7 Early entitlement to retirement benefits: ill-health

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(1)

Subject to the following provisions of this Part, where a member who ceases to hold a local government employment—

(a)

has a statutory pension entitlement, and

(b)

is incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of that employment by reason of permanent ill-health or infirmity of mind or body,

he is entitled—

(i)

to a standard retirement pension, and

(ii)

to a standard retirement grant,

which are payable immediately on his ceasing to hold that employment.

(2)

Where the member’s total period of membership is at least 5 years, he is to be treated for the purposes of this regulation as being entitled to count as a period of membership an additional period calculated in accordance with Schedule D3.