(1) An active member who ceases to be in service by virtue of which he is eligible to be an active member of the Scheme is entitled to immediate payment of a pension and a lump sum before reaching pension age if—
(a)after consultation with the Scheme medical adviser, the Secretary of State is of the opinion that the member has suffered a permanent breakdown in health involving incapacity for any full-time employment, and
(b)the member either—
(i)has at least two years' qualifying service, or
(ii)was formerly entitled to rights under a personal pension scheme or a retirement annuity contract in respect of which a transfer value payment has been accepted by the Scheme under Part F (transfers).
(2) For the purpose of these Rules a member’s breakdown in health is “permanent” if, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Scheme medical adviser, it will continue at least until the member reaches pension age.
(3) For the purpose of these Rules a member’s breakdown in health involves incapacity for any full-time employment if, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, after consultation with the Scheme medical adviser, as a result of the breakdown the member is incapable of any gainful full-time employment.
(4) The amount of the annual pension payable under this rule is calculated by multiplying one seventieth of the member’s final pensionable earnings by N.
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (4), N is equal to the greater of—
(a)the sum of the member’s reckonable service and half of the further reckonable service which he would have been able to count under the Scheme if he had remained an active member from the date he ceased to be such a member until pension age (both expressed as a number of years), and
(b)20.
(6) The amount of the lump sum payable under this rule is calculated by multiplying the amount of the annual pension so payable by 3.