Regulation 27 Ill-health

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

reg. 27(1) words inserted by Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) 1999 reg. 10(a)
reg. 27(5) added by Local Government Pension Scheme (Miscellaneous Provisions) 1999 reg. 10(b)
reg. 27(3)(4) omitted by Local Government Pension Scheme 2004 reg. 10(a)
reg. 27(5) words substituted by Local Government Pension Scheme 2004 reg. 10(b)

(1)

Where a member leaves a local government employment by reason of being permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of that employment because of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body, he is entitled to an ill-health pension and grant.

(2)

The pension and grant are payable immediately.

(3)

A member—

(a)

whose total membership is at least one year, but less than two years, and

(b)

to whom no transfer value is credited,

is entitled to an ill-health grant (but not a pension), unless paragraph (4) applies to him.

(4)

This paragraph applies to a member if—

(a)

he is entitled to any payment out of the appropriate fund (other than an injury allowance under regulation 7 of the Benefit Regulations or a return of contributions),

(b)

he has received any payment under Part VI of the Local Government (Discretionary Payments) Regulations 1996^f1, or

(c)

he would receive at least as much as the grant if his contributions were returned to him.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 1996/1680.