The Redundant Association Officers Compensation Regulations 1967

Eligibility for Retirement Compensation

17.—(1)  Subject to the provisions of these regulations, compensation under this Part of these regulations (referred to in these regulations as “retirement compensation” ) may be paid in the cases provided for in the following provisions of this Part to a person who after attaining the age of forty years has lost his employment as a pensionable officer of an Association or has suffered a diminution in his emoluments as such an officer if

(a) in the opinion of the Secretary of State the loss of employment or diminution in emoluments was due to a relevant cause;

(b) the person had been for a period of not less than eight years immediately preceding the qualifying date continuously engaged (which for the purposes of this regulation means engaged without a break of more than twelve months at any one time) for the whole or part of his time in relevant employment;

(c) the person had at the date of the loss of employment or commencement of diminution in emoluments not attained normal retiring age;

(d) the person has made a claim for compensation in accordance with the procedure for making claims set out in Part X of these regulations not later than two years after the loss of employment or commencement of the diminution in emoluments in respect of which the claim is made;

(e) the person has subsequently been granted a pension under the relevant pension scheme either on reaching normal retiring age, or by virtue of any provision of the relevant pension scheme providing for payment of a reduced pension on retirement before that age; and

(f) the person is a person who in accordance with regulation 18 is deemed to have made further or increased contributions to the relevant pension scheme.

(2) For the purposes of this regulation a lump sum payable to a person under a pension scheme to which he has contributed shall be regarded as a pension.