SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4 N.I. PENSION COMPENSATION PAYABLE ON DISCHARGE OF PENSION COMPENSATION CREDIT

PART 3 N.I. TRANSFEREE ATTAINS PENSION COMPENSATION AGE AFTER TRANSFER DAY

Valid from 06/04/2011

Terminal illness lump sum: determination of application N.I.

14—(1) The Board must determine an application for a terminal illness lump sum in accordance with this paragraph. N.I.

(2) The Board must—

(a) if satisfied that the conditions in paragraph 12(1) are met, grant the application;

(b) in any other case (subject to sub-paragraph (3)), reject the application.

(3) The Board may hold over the application for determination at a later date if it is satisfied that—

(a) although the condition in paragraph 12(1)(a) is not met, the transferee suffers from a progressive disease and may become terminally ill within six months, and

(b) the conditions in paragraph 12(1)(b) to (d) are met.