The Financial Assistance Scheme (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2008

Amendment of the FAS Internal Review Regulations

19.—(1) The FAS Internal Review Regulations are amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2) In regulation 2(1) (reviewable determinations)—

(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (d) omit “or”;

(b) after sub-paragraph (e) insert—

“(f) the amount of an ill health payment payable to a qualifying member of a qualifying pension scheme or to a survivor of that qualifying member in accordance with regulation 17A (ill health payments) of, and Schedule 2A (determination of ill health and interim ill health payments) to, the FAS Regulations (“ill health payment assessment”); and

(g) whether or not the scheme manager is satisfied that a qualifying member of a qualifying pension scheme is unable to work due to ill health and is likely to continue to be so unable to work until normal retirement age for the purposes of regulations 17A(1) (ill health payments) and 17B(1) (interim ill health payments) of the FAS Regulations (“ill health eligibility”).”.

(3) In each place it occurs (except in regulations 2(1)(d) and 5(1)(b)(ii)), after “member assessment” insert “, ill health payment assessment, ill health eligibility”.