The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2017

Amendment of the Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015

13.  After regulation 51 (closure and re-establishment of active member’s account), insert—

“Ill-health pension ceases to be payable

51A.   Where an ill-health pension ceases to be payable under Part 7(retirement benefits) and the pensioner member re-enters pensionable service, the scheme manager—

(a) must close the retirement account;

(b) must re-establish the active member’s account and credit it with an amount equal to the annual rate of lower tier ill-health pension payable when the ill-health pension was first awarded;

(c) must make entries in the active member’s account as if, during the gap in pensionable service, the member—

(i) was in pensionable service under this scheme; but

(ii) received no pensionable earnings.”.