# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Paragraph 2: Meaning of “eligible service”


(1) In this Schedule, “eligible service” in relation to a person to whom this Schedule applies (P) means the aggregate of the periods of service (expressed in years) referred to in sub-paragraph (2) which fall within P’s current period of scheme employment to which sub-paragraph (3) applies.
(2) The periods referred to in this sub-paragraph are—
(a) any period of service during which P has a partnership pension account to which P’s employer is paying contributions;
(b) any period which counts as qualifying service under the 2002 Section or the 2007 Section which is qualifying partnership service in relation to P; and
(c) any period during which P is in pensionable service under alpha which is qualifying partnership service in relation to P.
(3) This sub-paragraph applies to a period of service in scheme employment in respect of which P—
(a) receives pensionable earnings; or
(b) is treated as receiving assumed pay.
(4) If a person (P) to whom this Schedule applies is in part-time service at any time during the periods referred to in sub-paragraph (2), the eligible service in respect of the period during which P is in part-time service is—
A(N×52.2)yearswhere–
A is the number of hours of P’s part-time service in the period in question (excluding meal breaks, unless they are paid for part-time staff); and
N is the number of weekly full-time conditioned hours in the period in question for a person in the same grade as P (excluding meal breaks unless they are paid for part-time staff).
(5) If the number of weekly full-time conditioned hours varies during the period in question, the calculation in sub-paragraph (4) must be made separately for each period within the period of part-time service in question during which that number remains the same.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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