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.