Premature retirement: special classes
33.—(1) This regulation applies where an 1995 officer transition member to whom regulation 75 or 76 of the 1995 Regulations applies in respect of service in that Section—
(a)becomes entitled to payment of a premature retirement pension—
(i)pursuant to regulation 80 of the 2015 Regulations; or
(ii)on grounds of redundancy pursuant to regulation 81 of the 2015 Regulations; and
(b)claims that pension.
(2) Where this regulation applies, for the purposes of regulation 14C(2) and (3) of the 1995 Regulations(1)—
(a)the member is to be treated as having claimed payment of a pension under regulation 12 of those Regulations; and
(b)in the case of a member to who regulation 75(4)(b) of the 1995 Regulations applies, is also entitled to a pension under regulation 16 of the 1995 Regulations if that member makes a claim for it.
Regulation 14C was inserted by S.R. 2008 No.96