Certificates as to reduction in remuneration
E21.—(1) Where a pensionable employee suffers a material reduction in remuneration, he is, subject to paragraph (5), entitled to be issued by the employing authority with a certificate to that effect.
(2) A person suffers a reduction in remuneration if—
(a)the remuneration of an employment which he continues to hold is reduced; or
(b)he is transferred to another employment under the same scheduled body at a reduced remuneration.
(3) Subject to paragraph (4), a reduction in remuneration is material if, and only if, it is such that the employee’s pensionable remuneration would be likely to be less if the relevant period were the period specified in regulation E19(2) than if it were a period mentioned in regulation E19(4).
(4) A reduction in remuneration is not material if—
(a)it did not result from circumstances beyond the employee’s control; or
(b)it was temporary; or
(c)it consisted in the termination of, or a reduction in, a temporary increase in remuneration.
(5) The employing authority may issue a certificate without an application from the employee, but need not issue a certificate if he does not apply for one within 12 months after the date of the reduction.
(6) A certificate issued under this regulation is to specify the date of the material reduction and the authority are to keep, for 10 years from that date, a record of the certificate including such information as would be necessary for applying regulation E19(4).