Local Government (Superannuation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1992

Reduction in remuneration

L4.—(1) If as a result of the injury or disease a person to whom this Part applies suffers a reduction in his remuneration while he is employed in relevant employment (whether or not it is the same employment as that in which the injury or disease was sustained or contracted) and regulation L3 does not apply he shall be entitled to an allowance while the reduction continues.

(2) A person’s remuneration is to be treated for the purposes of paragraph (1) as reduced if at any time it is lower than it would have been but for the injury or disease.

(3) The allowance is to be paid by the relevant body and is to be of such amount as the body may from time to time determine.

(4) The amount of the allowance, together with the person’s remuneration in the relevant employment, is not in any year to exceed the remuneration he would have been paid if he had not sustained or contracted the injury or disease.

(5) In determining the amount of the allowance under this regulation the relevant body is to have regard to all the circumstances of the case, including the matters specified in regulation L8,