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Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation Act 1971
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#### 21B Calculation of pensions following conversion to lump sum
21B Calculation of pensions following conversion to lump sum
> > (1) This section applies where the amount of pension payable to a person is to be reduced, under section 20 (4) or 21, because of an election under section 20 to convert part of a pension entitlement to a lump sum.
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> > (2) The annual pension is to be reduced—
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> > > (a) in the case of a person who, immediately before the commencement of the [Parliamentary Contributory Superannuation (Amendment) Act 1989](/view/pdf/asmade/act-1989-159), was a member or in receipt of a pension under this Part—by the amount of annual pension in respect of which the election was made, or
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> > > (b) in any other case—by an amount calculated in accordance with the following formula—
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> > > %20AND%20(No%3D053)%20AND%20(Year%3D1971)%20AND%20(%22Historical%20Document%22%3D0))/g2.gif)
> > > where—
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> > > R represents the amount of the reduction.
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> > > C represents the amount of annual pension in respect of which the election concerned was made.
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> > > E represents the annual pension entitlement immediately before the election concerned was made.
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> > > F represents the amount that would be the current annual pension entitlement of the former member if he or she had not made the election concerned.
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> > (3) In the event that any person—
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> > > (a) by becoming a member on a second or subsequent occasion, has become for a second or subsequent time entitled to a pension under this Part, and
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> > > (b) has made an election or elections under section 20,
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> > the person’s pension is to be reduced in accordance with subsection (2) in respect of the first and any subsequent election made.
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> > (4) In the case of a person to whom subsection (3) applies who makes more than one election—
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> > > (a) successive reductions of pension are to be calculated using the formula given in subsection (2) (a), in the case of a member referred to in subsection (2) (a), or subsection (2) (b), in the case of a member referred to in subsection (2) (b), and
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> > > (b) for the purposes of any such calculation, the values to be assigned to the symbols E and F in that formula are to reflect any reduction of annual pension entitlement resulting from previous calculations.
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> **s 21B:** Ins 1989 No 159, Sch 1 (3). Am 1993 No 111, Sch 7.