Supplementary Death Benefit Regulations

17 For the purposes of Part II of the Act, a person’s service in the public service is deemed to be substantially without interruption if, during a relevant period,

• (a) the person ceased to be employed in the public service and has again become employed in it within three months after the day on which they ceased to be employed; or

• (b) their duties or conditions of employment in the public service were altered.