PART 7Provision about special cases
CHAPTER 1Ill-health retirement
M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits to be treated as equivalent in M’s alternative scheme 50
1
This regulation applies in relation to an immediate choice member (“M”) who, during the period beginning on 1 April 2015 and ending on 31 March 2022 was—
a
A 2007 IHR member;
b
A 2015 IHR member.
2
For the purposes of PSPJOA 2022 and these Regulations, M is to be treated as meeting the requirements for an equivalent ill-health award in M’s alternative scheme.
3
In paragraph (2), “equivalent ill-health award in M’s alternative scheme” means, where M is entitled to—
a
a lower tier award under the 2007 scheme, a lower tier award under the reformed scheme;
b
a higher tier award under the 2007 scheme, a higher tier award under the reformed scheme;
c
a lower tier award under the reformed scheme, and—
i
M’s legacy scheme is the 1992 scheme, a lower tier award under that scheme;
ii
M’s legacy scheme is the 2007 scheme, a lower tier award under that scheme;
d
a higher tier award under the reformed scheme, and—
i
M’s legacy scheme is the 1992 scheme, a higher tier award under that scheme;
ii
M’s legacy scheme is the 2007 scheme, a higher tier award under that scheme;
4
No question relating to M’s entitlement to ill-health benefits that has been decided following referral to an IQMP is to be re-opened by virtue of any provision of PSPJOA 2022 or of these Regulations.