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Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

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General qualification for benefits

18.—(1) Membership of the Scheme only entitles the member to benefits under this Chapter if –

(a)his total membership is at least two years;

(b)a transfer value is credited to him; or

(c)neither paragraph (a) nor (b) applies and he –

(i)has attained state pensionable age; or

(ii)will attain that age before the following 6th April.

(2) But paragraph (1) does not apply –

(a)to a benefit under regulation 26 (normal retirement) in a case where the member’s normal retirement date is his 65th birthday or under regulation 29(2) (ill-health grants); or

(b)to benefits in respect of a member under regulation 41 (death grants), regulation 42 (surviving spouse’s short-term pension), regulation 47 (children’s short-term pensions) or regulation 48 (children’s long-term pensions).

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