36Determination of questions
(1)The Board is to decide any question arising as to—
(a)whether a clerk, deaconess or licensed lay worker has performed or is performing pensionable service;
(b)the length of a qualifying period of pensionable service in any given case or the date on which a qualifying period ended;
(c)whether a member of the past service scheme satisfies any other conditions for receiving a pension under the scheme or the terms and conditions on which the pension is payable;
(d)whether a member of the scheme has retired or the date on which the member retired;
(e)the rate at which a pension under the scheme is to be paid;
(f)the right of a member of the scheme to a repayment of payments made by him or her;
(g)the rights of a surviving spouse or civil partner or of a child or dependant of a member (including whether or not a particular person is a dependant of a member).
(2)Before making a decision under subsection (1), the Board must give the member or other person concerned, or his or her agent, an opportunity to be heard.