Paragraph 4 Specified country service

(1)

If a person has specified country service, these Regulations have effect subject to the modifications made by this paragraph.

(2)

The provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (4) have effect as if references to the age of 60 and references to a normal pension age of 60 were replaced by references to the age obtained by deducting from 60 years a period of 3 months in respect of each complete year of up to 20 years of the person's specified country service and by references to a normal pension age of that age respectively.

(3)

Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply in relation to the calculation of benefits in respect of further employment.

(4)

The provisions are—

(a)

regulation 48 (“person with mixed service”: meaning and normal pension age);

(b)

regulation 49 (“pre-2007 entrant”: meaning and normal pension age);

(c)

regulation 50 (meaning of “NPA 60 reckonable service” and “NPA 65 reckonable service”);

(d)

regulation 68 (cessation and reinstatement of ill-health pension (application received before 6th January 2007));

(e)

regulation 69 (cessation of ill-health pension (application received on or after 6th January 2007));

(f)

regulation 78 (short-service annuity);

(g)

regulation 79 (short-service annuity: unauthorised payments)

(5)

For the purpose of calculating the person's reckonable service except for the purpose of—

(a)

benefits in respect of any period of further employment, and

(b)

benefits under Part 9 (family benefits) specified country service counts as 1.5 times its actual length.