SCHEDULE 1Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme

Part FPensions

41Suspension of scheme pension

1

Where a scheme pensioner becomes an MSP or the holder of a pensionable office, pension payments are to be suspended until the individual concerned stops being an MSP or the holder of that office.

2

The amount of any lump sum payable under Part K in respect of an individual who dies when such a suspension has effect is to be reduced by an amount equal to the total of—

a

the amount of scheme pension already paid to the individual,

b

the amount of any retirement lump sum paid to the individual, and

c

the amount of any pension or lump sum payable in respect of the individual under Part L.

3

When such a suspension ends in relation to an individual who was entitled to an ill-health pension before the suspension began—

a

the individual is to be treated from then on as if he or she had not been entitled to an ill-health pension, and

b

a corresponding reduction is to be made—

i

to the individual’s pension payments, and

ii

to any added years obtained by virtue of rule 86(2)(a)).