Paragraph 1
The following provisions of this Schedule shall apply to the ascertainment of accrued rights upon the happening of a contingency in the case of a person who, on the 1st January, 1946, or at any time thereafter, had pension rights in a pension scheme associated with his former employment, and for this purpose the expression “contingency” shall be construed as meaning retirement from his former employment or any other contingency upon the happening of which any payment by way of pension is due under that pension scheme, so, however, that, subject to the said provisions—
in the case of a person to whom Rule 7 applies, any contingency occurring during, after or in relation to his employment as a civil servant which, had it occurred during, after or in relation to his former employment, would have been a contingency upon the happening of which any payment by way of pension would have been due under that pension scheme shall be treated as being such a contingency;
in the case of a person to whom Rule 10 applies, the contingencies of incapacity, disablement, marriage or death shall, subject to their being proved to the satisfaction of the Minister, be treated as occurring when they arise, and the contingency of retirement shall be deemed to occur when the person attains the age at which he was, under the pension scheme, entitled, without the consent of his employer in his former employment or of any other person, to retire with a pension other than a return of contributions:
Provided that—
if the pension scheme contained an option for him to retire at any earlier age with a reduced pension, the contingency of retirement at such earlier age shall be deemed to occur at that age if the person gives notice in writing to the Minister (not later than three months after attaining that age) that he elects to be treated as having retired at that age; and
where a person to whom Rule 7 applies retires from the Civil Service before Civil Service retiring age otherwise than upon such medical certificate as is mentioned in Section 10 of the Superannuation Act, 1859 (which section relates to evidence of incapacity), he shall, unless he gives notice in writing of his desire to the contrary to the Minister within six months of such retirement, be treated as though sub-paragraph (b) of this paragraph were applicable to his case, and, in particular, the contingency of retirement shall not be deemed to occur in his case except in accordance with that paragraph.