PART 5Retirement benefits for teachers

CHAPTER 6Ill health retirement

SECTION 1General

Ill-health applications105

1

An ill-health application made by a person (P)—

a

must be accompanied by all the medical evidence necessary for the scheme manager to determine that P is entitled to the payment of an ill-health pension or a total incapacity pension; and

b

must be signed by P’s employer unless—

i

P left all eligible employment for a reason other than because P was incapacitated; or

ii

P made the ill-health application more than 2 years after the last day of pensionable service.

2

The medical evidence must include a medical report containing evidence that P meets—

a

the incapacity condition; and

b

if applicable, the total incapacity condition.

3

An application for a total incapacity pension will not be granted unless it is made—

a

before P leaves all eligible employment; or

b

within 2 years after the last day of pensionable service.