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Regulation 19 General qualification for benefits

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

Membership of the Scheme only entitles the member to benefits under this Chapter if—

(a)

his total membership is at least two years, or

(b)

a transfer value is credited to him.

(2)

But paragraph (1) does not apply—

(a)

to a benefit under regulation 25 (normal retirement) in a case where the member's normal retirement date is his 65th birthday or under regulation 27(3) (ill-health grants); or

(b)

to benefits in respect of a member under regulation 38 (death grants), regulation 40 (surviving spouse’s short-term pension), regulation 45 (children’s short-term pensions) or regulation 46 (children’s long-term pensions).