Regulation 27 Interest on late payment of certain benefits

in paragraph (1), for paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “calculated from the due date as provided in regulation 82(2)”;

as a new paragraph (1A) insert–

“(1A)

The relevant period–

(a)

in the case of a pension is one year;

(b)

in the case of a payment made under regulation 38(1), is the period ending one month after the date on which the administering authority receives notification of the member’s death; and

(c)

otherwise is one month.”;

in paragraph (2), for “one month after the amount” substitute “the date on which it”;

after paragraph (2) insert–

“(2A)

In the case of a retirement grant, the due date is the date on which it is payable.”;

in paragraph (3), for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) substitute “the member dies”; and

add–

“(4)

In the case of an ill-health grant, the due date is the day after the member ceased to hold his employment.

(5)

In the case of a payment of a lump sum under regulation 49 or 50, the due date is the day after the member would otherwise become entitled to payment of a pension.”.