Early payment of retirement pension on ill-health grounds: active members
34.—(1) An active member who has qualifying service for a period of 2 years and whose employment is terminated by a Scheme employer on the grounds of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body before that member reaches normal pension age, is entitled to, and must take, early payment of a retirement pension if that member satisfies the condition in paragraph (3) of this regulation.
(2) The amount of the retirement pension that a member to whom paragraph (1) applies, is determined by which of the benefit tiers specified in paragraphs (4) and (5) that member qualifies for, calculated in accordance with regulation 37 (calculation of ill-health pension amounts).
(3) The condition is that the member is, as a result of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body, permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of the employment the member was engaged in.
(4) A member is entitled to Tier 1 benefits if that member is unlikely to be capable of undertaking gainful employment before reaching normal pension age.
(5) A member is entitled to Tier 2 benefits if that member is likely to be able to undertake gainful employment before reaching normal pension age.