20HTermination due to ill health

20H Termination due to ill health (1) This section applies if the Board determines that— (a) a former contributor who is receiving an annual pension under section 20F and has applied for the payment of a benefit under this section; or (b) a contributor who has applied for the payment of an annual pension under section 20F and in respect of whom the Board has determined that the contributor is not eligible to receive a benefit under section 20F or 20G(1); or (c) a contributor who is receiving a temporary pension under section 20G and in respect of whom the Board has determined that the contributor is not eligible to receive a benefit under section 20F or 20G— qualifies for the payment of an ill health benefit under this section. S. 20H(2) substituted by No. 84/1998 s. 4(3). (2) The payment under this section is to be a lump sum equal to the accrued benefit at the date of termination of— (a) the contributor calculated using the salary of the contributor in accordance with section 4(1E)(f); or (b) the former contributor calculated using the current equivalent salary of the salary of the former contributor at the date of termination. (3) If a contributor or former contributor accepts a payment under this section, the Board is released from any liability to make any further payments to, or in respect of, any entitlements of the contributor or former contributor or of any of his or her dependants and this Act ceases to apply. S. 20I inserted by No. 82/1996 s. 10.