Section 16
Reckonable past service
of Statutory and Local Authorities Superannuation Fund Act 1977
An employee who is pensionable shall be eligible to have his past service in the Government, any State Government or any statutory or local authority reckoned as service for pension purposes provided that the following periods may not be taken into account except with the approval of the pensions authority—
(a)
any past service broken as a result of voluntary resignation;
and
(b)
any past service in the Government, any State Government or any statutory or local authority which has been superannuated.
(2)
For the purpose of subsection (1), the following periods shall not be reckoned for pension purposes—
(a)
any period of leave without pay and periods of training for which only allowances were paid; and
(b)
any period of past service broken as a result of termination of service on disciplinary grounds or dismissal.
(3)
In the case of an employee appointed to another statutory or local authority under the new scheme, his past service prior to the date of appointment shall not be taken into account unless a written approval for his release from his former employer had first been sought and obtained.
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Option to pensionable employees on retirement