Election as to war service
F3.—(1) A person with war service in relation to whom the conditions specified in paragraphs (2) to (10) are satisfied, or the executors of a deceased employee, may by notice given in accordance with regulation F5 elect that this regulation shall apply in relation to him.
(2) One at least of the following must be the case:—
(a)he became before 1st July 1950 entitled to participate in the benefits of a superannuation fund maintained under Part I of the Act of 1937 or under a local Act, or
(b)he became before 1st July 1950 a participant in a scheme which was a relevant policy scheme within the meaning of regulation P13 of the 1974 Regulations or a relevant scheme within the meaning of regulation G14 of the Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1974(1), and is a person to whom regulation P13 of the 1974 Regulations applied, or
(c)a period beginning before 1st July 1950 was, or falls to be treated as having been, reckonable by him otherwise than by virtue of interchange rules as non-contributing or contributing service, or a period of contribution, for the purposes of the former Regulations or of a local Act scheme, or
(d)if sub-paragraph (c) is not the case, and he is a person to whom regulation D4 of the 1974 Regulations applied, and—
(i)his period of previous employment (within the meaning of that regulation) began before 1st July 1950, and
(ii)an application was made by or in respect of him under regulation D4 of the 1974 Regulations, or
(e)he was on 30th June 1950 undergoing a full-time course of training for, and subsequently obtained, the Royal Sanitary Institute’s Diploma in Public Health Inspection, and not later than 6 months after completing the course of training he became entitled to participate or was a participant as mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) respectively or, as the case may be, a period began which was reckonable, or falls to be treated as having been reckonable, as mentioned in sub-paragraph (c), or
(f)a transfer value was accepted and received in relation to him by an administering authority or a former local authority before 1st April 1978 and a scheme is designated under regulation F5(2)(b).
(3) He must on 1st April 1978 have been—
(a)an employee entitled to participate in the benefits of a superannuation fund maintained under the 1974 Regulations, or
(b)a participant in a scheme which was a relevant scheme within the meaning of regulation P13 of those Regulations, or
(c)entitled to receive payments in respect of an annual pension out of a superannuation fund maintained under those Regulations or would have been so entitled but for the operation of regulation E15 of those Regulations, or
(d)entitled to an annual pension under regulation E2(1)(c) of those Regulations.
(4) Except where paragraph (2)(e) or (f) is the case, there must not since the date specified in paragraph (11) have been a continuous period of 12 months or more throughout which none of the following was the case—
(a)he was entitled to participate or was a participant as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), or
(b)the period mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) or (d)(i) was running, or
(c)he was undergoing such a course of training as is mentioned in paragraph (2)(e), or
(d)he was entitled to participate or was a participant as mentioned in paragraph (3), or
(e)he was entitled to receive payments in respect of a pension out of a superannuation fund mentioned in paragraph (2)(a), or
(f)he was a person to whom regulation E15, section 6 of the Act of 1953 or section 26 of the Act of 1937 applied.
(5) Where paragraph (2)(e) is the case, paragraph (4) applies—
(a)with the substitution for the date specified in paragraph (11) of the date (being a date later than 30th June 1950) on which he became entitled to participate or was a participant as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), or, as the case may be, a period began which was reckonable, or falls to be treated as having been reckonable, as mentioned in paragraph (2)(c), and
(b)with the substitution for the reference in paragraph (4)(b) to the period mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) or (d)(i) of a reference to such a period as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a).
(6) Where paragraph (2)(f) is the case, paragraph (4) applies with the substitution for the date specified in paragraph (11) of the date (being a date later than 30th June 1950) on which he last became entitled to participate or was a participant as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b).
(7) If he is a person to whom regulation D1(2) of the 1974 Regulations applied in respect of any service after the end of his war service, he must have repaid to the appropriate administering authority the sum or amount there mentioned.
(8) If he is an employee entitled to participate in the benefits of a superannuation fund maintained under these Regulations, he must not be entitled to reckon more than 45 years' reckonable service, disregarding reckonable service before attaining the age of 60 years beyond a total of 40 years.
(9) If he has become entitled to receive payment in respect of an annual pension out of a superannuation fund maintained under these Regulations (including a pension which is for the time being subject to reduction or suspension under regulation E15), no more than 45 years' service must have been taken into account in calculating the amount of that pension.
(10) Where paragraph (2)(f) applies and the scheme designated under regulation F5(2)(b) is not a scheme specified in Schedule 15, war service is for the purposes of paragraph (1) to be assumed.
(11) The date mentioned in paragraph (4) is the date before 1st July 1950 and after the end of his war service when, as the case may be—
(a)he became entitled to participate or was a participant as mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) or (b), or
(b)the period mentioned in paragraph (2)(c) or (d)(i) began.
S.I. 1974/520; the relevant amending instrument is S.I. 1978/1739