| Description of membership | Purposes for which membership does not count | Relevant Notes |
| 1. A credited period which is counted
as a period of membership under regulation 122(1)
or was counted under any corresponding earlier provision and is counted
under regulation 8(1)(d). |
Calculating total membership for regulation 5(3) and (5) or paragraph 2, 4, 5 or 6(1) of Schedule 4 (and see regulation 14(4)). | |
| 2. A period credited by virtue of regulation
65(5) (including that regulation as it applies by virtue of regulation
71) or credited under regulation 122
as respects a transfer value representing accrued rights to benefits arising
out of contributions made under any additional voluntary contributions scheme,
where the payments began on or after 8th April 1987. |
Calculating the amount of the member's retirement grant. | |
| 3. Any period which has already been
counted to determine whether a relevant member was entitled to the relevant
benefit or has been or may be used to calculate its amount. |
All regulations. | (1) and (2) |
| 4. So much of a Class A member's total
membership as exceeds 40 years. |
Calculating the amount of any benefit under the Regulations. | (3) to (5) |
5. So much of the total membership of
a Class B or Class C member as-
(b) exceeds 45 years. |
Calculating the amount of any benefit under the Regulations. | (3) to (5) |
| 6. So much of the membership of a member
as respects whom an amount is recovered or retained under regulation 113
(misconduct obligation) as requires to be excluded to reduce the value referred
to in regulation 113(2)(b) by that amount. |
Calculating the amount of any benefit under regulations 18 to 32. |
and the relevant benefit for a relevant member is the benefit mentioned in
paragraph (a) or, as the case may be, paragraph (b).
2. Paragraph 3 applies to a
maternity rights returner-
3. Any membership, which
is excluded by paragraph 4 or 5(a) for calculating the amount of a death grant
under regulation 37 in a case where a pension is reduced under regulation 41 ,
is taken from the beginning of the period of membership.
4. A period which-
counts as membership before attaining the age of 60 for calculating the amount
of any benefit under regulations 18 to 32.
5. For paragraphs 4 and 5 the
total membership includes-