Regulation J3 Ill-health pensions for former Members
A person who because of ill-health has, while neither a Member of the House of Commons nor a candidate for election to it nor an office holder, retired from gainful work before attaining the age of sixty-five years may apply to the Trustees for an early pension under regulation F1 if at the time when he so retired he would have become entitled to receive a pension under that regulation but for his not having attained the age of sixty-five years.
If on an application under this regulation the Trustees are satisfied—
that the applicant does not intend to seek election to the House of Commons or to accept any future offer of a qualifying office;
that his retirement from gainful work was a direct consequence of his ill-health; and
that his ill-health is such as would prevent him from performing adequately the duties of a Member of the House of Commons,
the applicant shall, as from the date on which the Trustees are so satisfied, be entitled to receive a pension under regulation F1.
Where an application is made under this regulation, the Trustees shall by notice in writing inform the applicant whether they are satisfied as mentioned in paragraph (2) above and, if they are so satisfied, shall state the date as from which the pension payable to him by virtue of this regulation is payable in accordance with that paragraph.
In this regulation “gainful work” means work under a contract of employment, or as the holder of an office, or as a self-employed person engaged in a business or profession, being in any case work from which the person concerned gains the whole or a substantial part of his income.