Regulation 121 Entitlement to short-service serious ill-health grant

(1)

A person (P) is entitled to payment of a short-service serious ill-health grant on the entitlement day if—

(a)

P was in pensionable service (other than post-benefit service) for at least 12 months;

(b)

P has left all eligible employment because P is incapacitated;

(c)

P is not qualified for retirement benefits;

(d)

P has not reached 75;

(e)

within 6 months of leaving all pensionable service P has applied under regulation 162 for payment of the grant; and

(f)

the scheme manager is satisfied after consideration of a medical report that—

(i)

P meets the incapacity condition; and

(ii)

P has a life expectancy of less than a year.

(2)

This regulation does not apply if P is in a period of post-benefit service immediately before the entitlement day.