Paragraph 9

In regulation 34 (early leavers: ill-health)—

(a)

for paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1)
Where a councillor member ceases to be a member of the member's local authority on the grounds of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body before reaching normal pension age, the member is entitled to and must take early payment of a retirement pension if that member satisfies the conditions in paragraph (3) of this regulation.”; and

(b)

for paragraph (3) substitute—

“(3)
The condition is that the member is, as a result of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body, permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of that local authority office.”.