Regulation 20 Amendment of Principal Regulations

for sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph–

“(a)

(i)

where his pensionable employment terminates before 1st April 2000, he had completed periods of the kinds described in Schedule 8 totalling at least 5 years, excluding any contributions refund period, or

(ii)

where his pensionable employment terminates on or after 1st April 2000, he had completed periods of the kinds described in Schedule 8 totalling at least 2 years, excluding any contributions refund period, and”, and

in paragraph (3)(b) for the words “his 65th birthday” there shall be substituted–

“his 65th, or, if he is entitled to retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(5A) and subsequently becomes entitled to retirement benefits by virtue of regulation E4(4) with reference to his reckonable service in further employment which is pensionable by virtue of an election under regulation B7, his 60th birthday.”.