Entitlement to short-service serious ill-health grantE+W
121.—(1) A person (P) is entitled to payment of a short-service serious ill-health grant on the entitlement day if—
(a)P was in pensionable service (other than post-benefit service) for at least 12 months;
(b)P has left all eligible employment because P is incapacitated;
(c)P is not qualified for retirement benefits;
(d)P has not reached 75;
(e)within 6 months of leaving all pensionable service P has applied under regulation 162 for payment of the grant; and
(f)the scheme manager is satisfied after consideration of a medical report that—
(i)P meets the incapacity condition; and
(ii)P has a life expectancy of less than a year.
(2) This regulation does not apply if P is in a period of post-benefit service immediately before the entitlement day.