2.—(1) A member’s employing authority may determine on compassionate grounds to waive the reduction referred to in paragraph 1(4), 9(2) or, except where paragraph 1(1)(c) applies, paragraph 1(3)(b).
(2) Regulation 66 (statements of policy about the exercise of discretionary functions) of the 2014 Regulations applies to paragraph 1(1)(b)(ii) as if it were specified in paragraph (1) of that regulation.
(3) Where an employing authority agrees to the payment of benefits prior to age 60 in the circumstances described in paragraph 1(1)(a), or that paragraph 1(1)(b)(ii) should apply to a member, or determines to waive a reduction under sub-paragraph (1), the Committee shall require the employing authority concerned, or itself, to make additional payments to the fund in respect of any extra charge on the fund, as calculated by an actuary appointed by the Committee, resulting from the agreement or waiver of the reduction.