116.—(1) An application made by a person (P) under regulation 159 for payment of a short-service serious ill-health grant—
(a)must be accompanied by all the medical evidence necessary for the scheme manager to determine that P is entitled to the payment; and
(b)must be signed by P’s employer.
(2) The medical evidence must include a medical report containing evidence that P—
(a)meets the incapacity condition; and
(b)has a life expectancy of less than a year.
(3) An application is not to be granted unless it is made—
(a)before P leaves all eligible employment; or
(b)within 6 months after the last day of pensionable service.
117. The entitlement day for a short-service serious ill-health grant is the day after a person (P) leaves all eligible employment because P is incapacitated.
118.—(1) A person (P) is entitled to payment of a short-service serious ill-health grant on the entitlement day if—
(a)P was in pensionable service (other than post-benefit service) for at least 12 months;
(b)P leaves all eligible employment because P is incapacitated;
(c)P is not qualified for retirement benefits;
(d)P has not reached 75;
(e)P has applied under regulation 159 for payment of the grant; and
(f)the scheme manager is satisfied after consideration of the medical report that—
(i)P meets the incapacity condition; and
(ii)P has a life expectancy of less than a year.
(2) This regulation does not apply if P is in a period of post-benefit service immediately before the entitlement day.
119.—(1) The amount of a short-service serious ill-health grant is the greater of—
(a)1/6th of the member’s annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the last day of pensionable service; and
(b)the total of the amounts specified in paragraph (2).
(2) The amounts are—
(a)all members’ contributions, additional pension contributions, buy-out contributions and faster accrual contributions paid up to the date of receipt of the application under regulation 116, except any paid in respect of a period of pensionable service for which a short-service serious ill-health grant has been paid; and
(b)interest on those contributions from the first day of the financial year following that in which they were paid to the date of payment at 3% per year, compounded with yearly rests.