30. (1) In this Part, “relevant benefit” means a gratuity or annual payment payable to a public servant in accordance with a statutory instrument or circular or with an undertaking given by a Minister of the Government, if the gratuity or annual payment—

(a) is not pensionable pay, and

(b) is payable on the public servant’s—

(i) attaining the age at which he or she is required to retire, or

(ii) resigning from (or otherwise ceasing to hold) his or her position before attaining the age at which he or she is required to retire.

(2) A reference in this Part to—

(a) a member of a public service pension scheme, or

(b) a member of a standard accrual pension scheme,

shall be deemed to include a reference to a public servant who, on either of the future occasions referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition of that expression in subsection (1), shall be entitled to receive a relevant benefit.

(3) A relevant benefit shall be deemed to be a pension entitlement for the purposes of section 29(2)(a).