Regulation 20 Transitional: elections in respect of protected benefits
(1)
This regulation applies to a person–
(a)
to whom a protected benefit is being paid or may become payable, and
(b)
who is placed in a worse position than he would have been in if a provision made by these Regulations (“the relevant provision”) had not applied in relation to the protected benefit.
(2)
A protected benefit is one which is being paid or may become payable, under the principal Regulations, to or in respect of a person who was employed in pensionable employment but ceased to be so employed, or died, before 1st April 1989.
(3)
A person to whom this regulation applies may, by giving written notice to the Secretary of State within 3 months after 1st April 1989, elect that the relevant provision shall not apply in relation to the protected benefit.