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Regulation 18 General qualification for benefitsI1

England, Wales and Scotland Not yet in force

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

(1)

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

(a)

his total membership is at least two years; or

(b)

a transfer value is credited to him.

(2)

Paragraph (1) does not apply–

(a)

to a benefit under regulation 24 (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 37 (death grants), regulation 39 (surviving spouse’s short-term pension), regulation 40 (surviving spouse’s long-term pension) regulation 44 (children’s short-term pensions) or regulation 45 (children’s long-term pensions).

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Commencement

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Reg. 18 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1