Regulation 68 Cessation and reinstatement of ill-health pension (application received before 6th January 2007)

(1)

This regulation applies to—

(a)

an ill-health pension which became payable to a person (P) following an application received by the Secretary of State before 6th January 2007, and

(b)

a pension which becomes payable in accordance with paragraph (5).

(2)

A pension to which this regulation applies ceases to be payable if P—

(a)

enters full-time employment in a capacity mentioned in Schedule 2, where the pension became payable before 1st April 1997,

(b)

enters full-time or part-time employment in a capacity mentioned in Schedule 2, where the pension became payable on or after 1st April 1997, or

(c)

otherwise ceases to be incapacitated.

(3)

Paragraph (2) does not apply if P has reached the age of 60.

(4)

Despite paragraph (2), any equivalent pension benefits continue to be payable.

(5)

Where—

(a)

a pension has ceased to be payable in accordance with paragraph (2), and

(b)

P has not been in pensionable employment at any time after the pension first became payable

the pension becomes payable again from the day on which P reaches the age of 60 or, if at an earlier date P satisfies condition 4 in paragraph 3(5) of Schedule 7 (ability to carry out work impaired by more than 90%), from that date.

Notes on Part 7

Modifications

C1: Pt. 7 applied (1.4.2015) by The Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/601), regs. 1, 4 (with reg. 44(2)(3))