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PART 3BENEFITS FOR PRACTITIONERS, ETC.

CHAPTER 3.HABATEMENT

Reduction of pension

3.H.3.—(1) If the condition in paragraph (2) is met, the amount of the old service pension for any financial year is to be reduced.

(2) The condition is that the employed pensioner’s relevant income for the financial year exceeds the employed pensioner’s previous earnings.

(3) The amount of the reduction under paragraph (1) is equal to that excess but cannot exceed the enhancement amount.

(4) In this regulation “relevant income” and “enhancement amount” have the meanings given in regulation 3.H.4.

(5) In this regulation “previous earnings” has the meaning given in regulation 3.H.5.

(6) For the purpose of calculating the reduction to be made under paragraph (1) in respect of any part of a financial year, the amount of the member’s previous pay is to be reduced proportionately.

(7) If the member has a guaranteed minimum pension under section 14 of the 1993 Act in relation to the old service pension, nothing in this regulation requires the reduction of the old service pension below the amount of the member’s guaranteed minimum pension in relation to it.