K2.—(1) This Part shall apply to an employee who ceases to be employed by an employing authority and who—
(a)has not attained the age of 60 but has completed not less than 5 years' service; or
(b)has not attained the age of 60 but has completed not less than one year’s service and is incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of that employment by reason of permanent ill-health or infirmity of mind or body; or
(c)has attained age 60 and completed not less than one year’s service;
and, where an employee dies while in the employment of an employing authority, to his widow or any other dependant provided that the employee was a person to whom this regulation would have applied had he remained in service to age 60, or where at the time of his death his age exceeded 60 and he had completed at least one year’s service.
(2) With consent of the Secretary of State this Part may apply to a former employee of an employing authority or to the widow or any other dependant of such an employee.