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[F1SCHEDULE 3N.I.The Partnership Pension Account [F2Ill-Health] Benefits Arrangements

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PART 1N.I.Preliminary

Meaning of “eligible service”N.I.

2.—(1) In this Schedule, “eligible service” in relation to a person to whom this Schedule applies (P) means the aggregate of the periods of service (expressed in years) referred to in [F3sub-paragraph (2)] which fall within P’s current period of scheme employment to which sub-paragraph (3) applies.

(2) The periods referred to in this sub-paragraph are—

(a)any period of service during which P has a partnership pension account to which P’s employer is paying contributions;

(b)any period which counts as qualifying service under the 2002 Section or the 2007 Section which is qualifying partnership service in relation to P; and

(c)any period during which P is in pensionable service under alpha which is qualifying partnership service in relation to P.

(3) This sub-paragraph applies to a period of service in scheme employment in respect of which P—

(a)receives pensionable earnings; or

(b)is treated as receiving assumed pay.

(4) If a person (P) to whom this Schedule applies is in part-time service at any time during the periods referred to in [F4sub-paragraph (2)] , the eligible service in respect of the period during which P is in part-time service is—

where–

  • A is the number of hours of P’s part-time service in the period in question (excluding meal breaks, unless they are paid for part-time staff); and

  • N is the number of weekly full-time conditioned hours in the period in question for a person in the same grade as P (excluding meal breaks unless they are paid for part-time staff).

(5) If the number of weekly full-time conditioned hours varies during the period in question, the calculation in sub-paragraph (4) must be made separately for each period within the period of part-time service in question during which that number remains the same.]

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