Introductory Text
1.Citation, commencement, interpretation and application
2.Active members
3.Contributions payable by active members
4.Meaning of “pensionable pay”
5.Benefits
6.Periods of membership
7.Calculation of length of periods of membership
8.Final pay: general
9.Final pay: reserve forces, maternity leave etc.
10.Final pay: reductions
11.Final pay: fees
12.Power of employing authority to increase total membership of active members
13.Power of employing authority to award additional pension
14.Election in respect of additional pension
15.Elections to pay AVCs
16.Retirement benefits
17.Retirement after the normal retirement date
18.Flexible retirement
19.Early leavers: inefficiency and redundancy
20.Early leavers: ill-health
21.Election for lump sum in lieu of pension
22.Limit on total amount of benefits
23.Death grants: active members
24.Survivor benefits: active members
25.Meaning of “nominated cohabiting partner”
26.Meaning of “eligible child”
27.Children’s pensions
28.Children’s pensions: active members
29.Calculation on leaving early
30.Choice of early payment of pension
31.Early payment of pension: ill-health
32.Death grants: deferred members
33.Survivor benefits: deferred members
34.Children’s pensions: deferred members
35.Death grants: pensioner members
36.Survivor benefits: pensioners
37.Children’s pensions: pensioner members
38.Pension increases under the Pensions (Increase) Acts
39.Commutation: small pensions
40.Guidance on future costs
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Explanatory Note