Amendment of regulation 19 of the 2002 Regulations N.I.

5.  In regulation 19 (calculations)—

(a) in paragraph (1) at the beginning insert “Subject to paragraphs (10) to (13)”; and

(b) after paragraph (9) insert—

“(10) In the case of a qualifying member, the amount of benefit payable in respect of any period between 1st January 1995 and 30th November 2007 is calculated by multiplying his interim pay by the appropriate multiplier.

(11) The appropriate multiplier is where “x” represents the qualifying member’s membership between 1st January 1995 and 30th November 2007 calculated in accordance with regulation 10.

(12) In the case of a qualifying member, the amount of benefit payable for any period between 1st January 1995 and 30th November 2007 is calculated in accordance with paragraph (1) and (2) but as if for the words “the member’s total membership” in paragraph (2) there were substituted “the member’s membership from 30th November 2007”.

(13) In this regulation interim pay means the final pay that would have been for a single comparable employment with a weekly contract of 32.5 hours.

(14) In the case of a newly qualifying member, paragraphs (10) to (13) apply as if for each reference to “30th November 2007” there was substituted “6th February 2009”.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 5 in operation at 31.5.2010, see reg. 1(1)