Regulation E27 Relevant service
In the case of a man, and in the case of a woman in relation to a nominated beneficiary or a widower on whose marriage to her a nomination ceased to have effect, relevant service, subject to paragraph (3), comprises—
any period of pensionable employment after 31st March 1972,
any period beginning after that date for which additional contributions have been paid under regulation C9 or C10,
any period for which additional contributions have been paid under regulation C4 or under Schedule 5, except paragraph 7, in accordance with an election made after 31st March 1974,
if a transfer value has been accepted in respect of comparable British service, the period that would, immediately before its acceptance, have counted for family benefits in the relevant pension scheme,
any period counting as reckonable service by virtue of the acceptance of any other transfer value under regulation F4 or under the Teachers' Superannuation (Added Years and Interchange) Regulations 1974f1,
so much of any period counting as reckonable service by virtue of an election under regulation 4 of the Teachers' Superannuation (Policy Schemes) Regulations 1979f2 as is attributable to service after 31st March 1972,
any period counting as reckonable service by virtue of regulation 34 of the 1976 Regulations (special provision relating to period from December 1973 to March 1974),
any period in respect of which family benefit contributions have, or are to be treated as having, been paid under Part I of Schedule 6, and
in the case of a member, so much of his credited service as does not exceed the total of his normal service, any additional period and any period that fell to be calculated in accordance with paragraph 7(3) of Schedule 6.
In relation to a widower not falling within paragraph (1), the deceased’s relevant service comprises, subject to paragraph (3)—
so much of the periods described in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (d) as consists of, or is attributable to, service after 5th April 1988,
any period for which additional contributions have been paid under regulation C4 in accordance with an election made after 31st May 1988,
any period in respect of which family benefit contributions have, or are to be treated as having, been paid under Part II of Schedule 6, and
if the deceased entered pensionable employment after 5th April 1988, and a transfer value offered in respect of him was accepted under regulation F4, any period counting as reckonable service by virtue of the acceptance of the transfer value.
Relevant service does not include any contributions refund period.
Annotations
Footnotes
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S.I. 1974/260 revoked by S.I. 1976/1987.
- f2
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S.I. 1979/47 revoked by S.I. 1988/1652.