BENEFITS
Preliminary
2. For regulation 8(5) (calculation of length of periods of membership) substitute–
“8.—(5) The amount of any benefit payable as a result of a councillor’s membership is calculated by multiplying the councillor’s career average pay by the appropriate multiplier.
(6) The appropriate multiplier for a pension is–
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3. Omit regulations 9 (final pay: general) and 11 (final pay: fees).
Retirement benefits
4. Omit regulation 19 (early leavers: business efficiency and redundancy).
5. In regulation 20 (early leavers: ill health) for paragraph (1) substitute–
“(1) Where a councillor member ceases to be a member of the member’s local authority by reason of being permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of that office because of ill health or infirmity of mind or body, the member is entitled to an ill health benefit.”.
Death grants
6. In regulation 23 (death grant: active members), for paragraphs (3) to (4) substitute–
“(3) The death grant of a councillor member the councillor member’s career average pay multiplied by 3.”
7. In regulation 32 (death grants: deferred members), for paragraph (3) substitute–
“(3) The death grant of a councillor member is 5 times the pension that would have been payable to the councillor member if the councillor member had retired at the date of death.”.
8. In regulation 35 (death grants: pensioner members), for paragraph (3) substitute–
“(3) The death grant for a councillor member is an amount equal to 10 times the councillor member’s pension less the amount of any pension paid to the councillor member.”.