36.—(1) A deferred member who, because of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body—
(a)becomes permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of the employment that member was engaged in at the date the member became a deferred member; and
(b)is unlikely to be capable of undertaking gainful employment before normal pension age,
may ask to receive payment of a retirement pension whatever the member's age.
(2) A request under paragraph (1) must be made in writing to the deferred member's appropriate administering authority.
(3) Before determining whether or not to agree to a request under paragraph (1), the deferred member's appropriate administering authority must obtain a certificate from an IRMP as to—
(a)whether the member is suffering from a condition that renders the member permanently incapable of discharging efficiently the duties of the employment the member was engaged in because of ill-health or infirmity of mind or body; and, if so
(b)whether as a result of that condition the member is unlikely to be capable of undertaking gainful employment before reaching normal pension age.