(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1)(b)(iii), a body corporate is to be treated as another person’s “associated company” if that person has control of it, except where that person is an employing authority, and for these purposes a person shall be taken to have control of a body corporate if they exercise, or are able to exercise, or are entitled to acquire direct or indirect control over its affairs.

(3) A company limited by guarantee or other body corporate which provides or is to provide OOH services and which wishes to be approved as an employing authority must make a written application to a Health Board appointed by the Scottish Ministers to act on their behalf (“the appointed Board”).

(4) An application referred to in paragraph (3) may specify a date from which approval by the appointed Board (if given) has effect (“the nominated date”).

(5) Where a company limited by guarantee or other body corporate makes an application and–

(a) the appointed Board is satisfied that the company or other body corporate meets the conditions for approval or will do so at any nominated date which is later than the date on which approval is actually given (“the approval date”); and

(b) it approves that application,

that approval takes effect on the later of the nominated date and approval date.

(6) NHS employment shall be treated as commencing on the later of the nominated date (if any) and the approval date.

(7) For the purposes of this regulation–

(a) the conditions for approval are those referred to in paragraph (1)(a) or (b) as the case may be; and

(b) the nominated date cannot be earlier than 1st April 2004.

(8) The appointed Board may give an OOH provider a notice in writing terminating its participation in the scheme where that provider–

(a) does not have in force a guarantee, indemnity or bond as required by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 3.C.4(2) (guarantees, indemnities and bonds);

(b) has ceased to satisfy the conditions for approval; or

(c) has notified or has an obligation to notify the Board that any one of the following events has occurred in respect of it–

(i) a proposal for a voluntary arrangement has been made or approved under Part 1 (company voluntary arrangements) of the Insolvency Act 1986(50) (“the 1986 Act”);

(ii) an administration application has been made, or a notice of intention to appoint an administrator has been filed with the court, or an administrator has been appointed under Schedule B1 to the 1986 Act;

(iii) a receiver, manager or administrative receiver has been appointed under Part III (receivership) of the 1986 Act;

(iv) a winding up petition has been presented, a winding up order has been made or a resolution for voluntary winding up has been passed under Part IV (winding up of companies registered under the Companies Acts) or Part V of the 1986 Act or an instrument of dissolution has been drawn up in accordance with section 58 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965(51); or

(v) notice has been received by it that it may be struck off the register of companies, or an application to strike it off has been made, under Part XX (winding up of companies registered under this Act or the former Companies Acts) of the Companies Act 1985(52).

(9) An OOH provider–

(a) must give the appointed Board notice in writing upon the occurrence of any of the events referred to in paragraph (8)(c) and must give such notice on the same day as that event; and

(b) that wishes to cease to participate in the scheme must give the appointed Board and its employees not less than 3 months notice in writing (to commence with the date of the notice) of that fact.

(10) An OOH provider ceases to participate in the scheme on–

(a) such date as the appointed Board may specify in notice under paragraph (8); or

(b) the day upon which the period referred to in paragraph (9)(b) expires where a notice under that paragraph has been given.

CHAPTER 2.B MEMBERSHIP

Eligibility: general

2.B.1—(1) A person is eligible to be an active member of the scheme if conditions A to C are met and the person is not prevented by regulation 2.B.2, 2.B.3 or 2.B.6.

(2) Condition A is that the person is in NHS employment.

(3) Condition B is that the person–

(a) enters NHS employment on or after 1st April 2008; or

(b) entered NHS employment before that date and on that date was not an active member of the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995 in that employment or any other NHS employment,

and meets any one of the “other scheme conditions”.

(4) Condition C is that the person has not reached the age of 75.

(5) The “other scheme conditions” are that–

(a) the person has not previously been an active member of the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995;

(b) the person ceased to be an active member of the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995 at least 12 months before entering the employment mentioned in paragraph (3)(a) or (b) without becoming a pensioner member or a deferred member of that scheme;

(c) the person ceased to be an active member of the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995 less than 12 months before entering the employment mentioned in paragraph 3(a) or (b) without becoming a pensioner member or a deferred member of that scheme and has received a repayment of contributions in respect of that membership; or

(d) the person ceased to be an active member of the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995 on or after 1st April 2008 on leaving NHS employment and before the person re-entered such employment–

(i) a transfer payment was made in respect of the person under Part M of the 1995 regulations, or

(ii) the person made an application under regulation M2 of the 1995 Regulations (exercising a right to transfer or buy-out) from which the person may not withdraw,

but sub paragraph (d) will not apply if the Scottish Ministers have permitted such a person to rejoin the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995 in the circumstances described in regulation B5 of the 1995 Regulations(53).

(6) This regulation applies to any person who has previously been an active member of a corresponding health service scheme as though in paragraph (3) any reference to–

(a) “NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995” includes a reference to that corresponding health service scheme; and

(b) “NHS employment” includes a reference to–

(i) employment with an employer in respect of whom a direction has been made under section 7 of the Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1967(54);

(ii) employment to which regulations made under section 10 of the Superannuation Act 1972(55) and having effect in England and Wales apply;

(iii) employment to which regulations made under Article 12 of the Superannuation (Northern Ireland) Order 1972 apply;

(iv) employment to which a scheme made under section 2 of the Superannuation Act 1984 (an Act of Tynwald)(56) applies; and

(v) employment with an employer with whom an agreement has been made under section 235 of the 2006 Act.

Restrictions on eligibility: general

2.B.2—(1) A person who is entitled to the immediate payment of a pension under the scheme under a regulation that requires the person not to be in NHS employment may only be an active member in accordance with–

(a) regulation 2.D.5 (partial retirement (members aged at least 55));

(b) regulation 2.D.13 (exceptions to requirement that NHS employment must have ceased); or

(c) Chapter 2.G (re-employment and rejoining the scheme).

(2) A person is not eligible to be an active member of the scheme if the person–

(a) became a pensioner member of the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995 before 1st April 2008; or

(b) became a pensioner member or a deferred member of that scheme on or after that date.

(3) A person is not eligible to be an active member of the scheme in respect of service in an employment if the person is an active member of a superannuation scheme established under section 1 or 9 of the Superannuation Act 1972(57) in respect of service in that employment.

(4) A person who holds an honorary appointment and does not at the same time hold any other employment which entitles him or her to be a member of the scheme is not eligible to be an active member of the scheme.

(5) A person is not eligible to be an active member of the scheme if the person–

(a) becomes entitled to an upper tier ill health pension under regulation 2.D.8 (early retirement on ill health (active members); and

(b) opts to exchange that pension for a lump sum in accordance with regulation 2.D.15 (option for members in serious ill health to exchange whole pension for lump sum).

Concurrent employments

2.B.3—(1) This regulation applies if for any period a person holds 2 or more employments in respect of which the person is (or apart from this regulation would be) eligible to be an active member of the scheme.

(2) The person may only be such a member in respect of so many hours or, as the case may be, sessions in each such employment as, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, do not, taken together, exceed a comparable whole-time employment not held concurrently with any other employment.

(3) If the person is such a member in respect of 2 or more employments which, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, when taken together exceed a comparable whole-time employment not held concurrently with any other employment, the person is not eligible to be an active member in respect of any employment (or part of an employment) which exceeds a comparable whole time employment not held concurrently with any other employment.

(4) For the purposes of paragraphs (2) and (3), 2 or more employments taken together exceed a comparable whole-time employment if the total number of hours or sessions under the employments exceeds the number of hours or sessions that would, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, constitute a comparable whole-time employment under which services of the kinds performed in the 2 or more employments were performed.

(5) For the purposes of this regulation an employment is “whole-time” if it is employment for such number of hours or sessions as in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers amounts to whole-time employment in the case of an employment for services of the kind performed in the 2 or more employments.

(6) A person may participate in the scheme in respect of employment as an officer even if he or she also participates in the scheme under Part 3 in respect of concurrent employment as a practitioner.

Joining and leaving the scheme

Joining the scheme

2.B.4—(1) A person entering employment with an employing authority in which the person is eligible to be an active member of the scheme becomes such a member, unless regulation 2.B.5(4) applies.

(2) A person who is eligible to be such a member by virtue of falling within regulation 2.B.1(3)(b) may opt to become such a member by giving notice in writing to the employing authority.

(3) A person who whilst an active member in any employment has exercised the option to opt out of the scheme under regulation 2.B.5(1) and is eligible to be an active member–

(a) in that employment; or

(b) in a later employment to which paragraph (1) does not apply because of regulation 2.B.5(5),

may opt to become an active member in the employment in which the member is eligible to be such a member by giving notice in writing to the employing authority in such form as the Scottish Ministers require.

(4) A notice under paragraph (3) takes effect–

(a) from the beginning of the first pay period to begin after the notice is received by the employing authority; or

(b) if the notice specifies a date that is the first day of a later pay period, from that date.

(5) A notice under paragraph (3) may not be given by a person who is absent from work for any reason.

(6) Paragraph (1) is subject to regulation 2.B.5(5).

Opting out of the scheme

2.B.5—(1) A person who is an active member of the scheme in any employment may opt at any time to cease to be such a member by giving notice in writing to the person’s employing authority.

(2) A person who so opts ceases to be such a member on the date the notice takes effect.

(3) The notice takes effect–

(a) from the beginning of the first pay period to begin after the notice is received by the employing authority; or

(b) if the notice specifies a later date, from the beginning of the first pay period after that in which the specified date falls.

(4) A person falling within regulation 2.B.4(1) in respect of an employment (automatic membership on entering employment) who gives notice in writing under paragraph (1) before the end of the person’s first pay period in the employment is treated as not having become an active member by virtue of that regulation.

(5) Regulation 2.B.4(1) does not apply to a person entering an employment with an employing authority (“the later employment”) if–

(a) the person has previously given notice under paragraph (1) in respect of an employment with the same authority that has ceased (“the earlier employment”); and

(b) either–

(i) the period beginning with the day following that on which the earlier employment ceased and ending with the day before the later employment begins; or

(ii) the period beginning with the day following that on which a relevant intermediate employment ceased and ending with the day before the later employment begins,

is less than 12 months.

(6) An employment is a relevant intermediate employment for the purposes of paragraph (5) if–

(a) regulation 2.B.4(1) did not apply to the person on entering it because of paragraph (5); and

(b) the person did not opt to become a member of the scheme in that employment under regulation 2.B.4(3).

Restriction on further participation in the scheme

2.B.6—(1) A person who ceases to meet any of the conditions in regulation 2.B.1 in an employment or is prevented by regulation 2.B.2 or 2.B.3 from continuing to be an active member in an employment must cease to be an active member of the scheme in that employment.

(2) Accordingly–

(a) a person falling within paragraph (1) may not make any further contributions to the scheme under Chapter 2.C; and

(b) any further service of the person is not pensionable service for the purposes of the scheme.

CHAPTER 2.C CONTRIBUTIONS

Basic contributions by members

Contributions by members

2.C.1—(1) Each active member must make contributions to the scheme in respect of the member’s pensionable pay in accordance with regulation 2.C.2–

(a) until the member completes 45 years' pensionable service; or

(b) where the notice required by regulation 2.A.2(3) (meaning of “pensionable service”) has been properly received, until the member ceases officer service.

(2) The member’s employing authority in respect of the employment must deduct the member’s contributions from the member’s earnings for the period and pay them to the Scottish Ministers not later than the 19th day of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid.

(3) A non GP provider must pay C1 contributions to the contracting Health Board or someone appointed on the Board’s behalf.

(4) If a non GP provider is engaged under a contract of service or for services by an employing authority or is a partner or shareholder in any employing authority that is not an OOH provider, that authority must–

(a) deduct C1 contributions from any pensionable pay it pays that person; and

(b) if it is not also the contracting Health Board, pay those contributions to that Health Board, or someone appointed on its behalf.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6), if a non GP provider is–

(a) an employing authority which is a GMS provider, a section 17C agreement practice or an HBPMS contractor; or

(b) a shareholder or partner in such an employing authority,

that employing authority must pay C5 contributions to the contracting Health Board or person appointed on its behalf.

(6) If a non GP provider is a shareholder or partner in more than one employing authority referred to in paragraph (5), each employing authority must pay C5 contributions on any pensionable pay it pays to the non GP provider or, as the case may be, on the non GP provider’s share of the partnership profits, to the contracting Health Board or person appointed on its behalf.

(7) If paragraph (4) applies (but paragraph (5) does not) and the employing authority referred to in that paragraph–

(a) is not the contracting Health Board, that authority must pay C5 contributions to the contracting Health Board or person appointed on its behalf; or

(b) is the contracting Health Board, that Health Board or someone appointed on its behalf must pay C5 contributions to the Scottish Ministers in respect of any pensionable pay it pays to the non GP provider.

(8) Contributions which are required to be paid to the contracting Health Board or someone appointed on its behalf, in accordance with this regulation must be paid to that Health Board or someone appointed on its behalf not later than the 7th day of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid.

(9) It is a function of the contracting Health Board or someone appointed on its behalf to pay the contributions–

(a) paid to it by a non GP provider;

(b) paid to it by another employing authority; and

(c) it is liable to pay by virtue of paragraph (7)(b),

in accordance with the provisions of this regulation, to the Scottish Ministers not later than the 19th day of the month following the month in which the earnings were paid.

(10) Without prejudice to any other method of recovery, if in respect of C1 contribution–

(a) a non GP provider has failed to pay contributions; or

(b) an employing authority has failed to deduct such contributions, in accordance with this paragraph, the Scottish Ministers may recover any sum that remains due in respect of those contributions by deduction from any payment by way of benefits to, or in respect of, the member entitled to them if–

(i) the member agrees to such a deduction; and

(ii) the deduction is to the member’s advantage.

(11) For the purposes of this regulation–

(a) “C1 contributions” means contributions payable under regulation 2.C.1 by a non GP provider under the scheme; and

(b) “C5 contributions” means contributions payable under regulation 2.C.5 by an employing authority in respect of a non GP provider.

(12) If any employing authority fails to deduct contributions payable by a member in respect of an employment from the member’s earnings and the member agrees, the Scottish Ministers may recover any sum that remains due in respect of those contributions by deduction from any payment by way of benefits to, or in respect of, the member.

(13) Paragraph (12) does not affect any other right of recovery the Scottish Ministers may have.

(14) A member who is absent from service in circumstances falling within regulation 2.A.4(1) to (3) (pensionable service: breaks in service) may make contributions to the scheme in respect of the member’s pensionable pay in accordance with those regulations and regulation 2.C.2.

Members' contribution rate

2.C.2—(1) Contributions under regulation 2.C.1(1) must be paid at the member’s contribution rate for the period in question.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a member’s contribution rate for that period is the percentage specified in Column 2 of the following table in respect of the corresponding pensionable pay range specified in Column 1 into which the member’s pensionable earnings fall.

(3) The Scottish Ministers may make a determination substituting any or all of the pensionable pay amounts or contribution rates specified in the table in paragraph (2) with effect from a date specified in the determination.

(4) Before making a determination under paragraph (3), the Scottish Ministers must consider–

(a) the advice of the scheme actuary; and

(b) in accordance with regulation 1.B.2 (cost sharing), advice from such employee and employer representatives as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.

Employees

2.C.3—(1) If, at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year and having no earlier officer service or practitioner service, a member commences pensionable employment under this Part–

(a) that member’s pensionable pay is calculated according to the formula–

(b) contributions payable for the 2008–2009 scheme year are those specified in column 2 of the table in regulation 2.C.2 (2) in respect of the amount of pensionable pay referred to in column 1 of that table corresponding to the member’s estimated pensionable pay for the 2008–2009 scheme year calculated in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) If a member holds 2 or more pensionable employments under this Part at the same time, each of those employments shall be treated separately for the purposes of calculating and paying contributions.

(3) If a member who is in employment under this Part (“the earlier employment”)–

(a) commences a further employment (“the later employment”) at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year; and

(b) that later employment is held concurrently with the earlier employment,

the member must pay contributions in respect of the later employment at the rate specified in column 2 of the table in regulation 2.C.2(2) in respect of the amount of pensionable pay referred to in column 1 of that table corresponding to the member’s estimated pensionable pay for the 2008–2009 scheme year calculated in accordance with paragraph (1).

(4) If a member–

(a) at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year, ceases pensionable employment (“the earlier employment”) that is not held concurrently with another pensionable employment; and

(b) after so ceasing, the member next commences a further employment (“the later employment”) that is not held concurrently with another employment,

the member must continue to pay contributions in respect of the later employment at the same rate as that which applied to the earlier employment.

(5) If–

(a) a member at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year, ceases to be in 2 or more employments that were at one time held concurrently with each other (“the earlier employments”);

(b) those earlier employments did not all cease on the same day; and

(c) that member next commences a further employment (“the later employment”),

the member must continue to pay contributions in respect of the later employment at the same rate as that which applied to whichever of the earlier employments was the last to cease.

(6) If–

(a) a member at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year, ceases to be in 2 or more employments that were at one time held concurrently with each other (“the earlier employments”);

(b) the last 2 or more of those earlier employments ceased on the same day; and

(c) that member next commences a further employment (“the later employment”),

the member must pay contributions in respect of the later employment at the rate specified in column 2 of the table in regulation 2.C.2(2) in respect of the amount of pensionable earnings referred to in column 1 of that table corresponding to the member’s pensionable pay for the 2008–2009 scheme year calculated in accordance with paragraph (1).

(7) If a member–

(a) commences pensionable employment under this Part at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year (“the later employment”);

(b) has previous service under Part 3 (benefit for practitioners, non GP providers etc.) during that scheme year in respect of which he or she was liable to pay contributions to the scheme under that Part and that service was as a practitioner and all the previous practitioner service ceased prior to the commencement of the later service,

that member must pay contributions in respect of the later employment at the rate determined under Part 3 for that earlier service that ceased immediately prior to the commencement of the later employment.

(8) If–

(a) a member commences pensionable employment under this Part of these regulations (“the later service”) at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year;

(b) that member has previous service under Part 3 during that scheme year in respect of which he or she was liable to pay contributions to the scheme under that Part and that service was both as a practitioner and as a dentist; and

(c) all such practitioner service had ceased on the same day and prior to the commencement of the later employment,

the member must pay contributions in respect of the later employment at the rate specified in column 2 of the table in regulation 2.C.2(2) in respect of the amount of pensionable pay referred to in column 1 of that table corresponding to the member’s pensionable pay for 2008–2009 scheme year calculated in accordance with paragraph (1).

(9) If, in respect of a member, none of the foregoing paragraphs apply, for the purpose of determining a member’s relevant contribution rate, the Scottish Ministers must determine the amount of the member’s pensionable pay to be attributed to the 2008–2009 scheme year and, in doing so, must (in addition to the matters referred to in paragraph 2.C.2(4)) have regard to that pensionable pay attributable to pensionable employment comparable to the member’s pensionable employment, prevailing pay scales and prevailing rates of pensionable allowances.

(10) If a non-GP provider commences service for the first time (having no earlier service under Parts 2 or 3) at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year–

(a) that non-GP Provider’s pensionable pay in respect of that scheme year is the amount agreed between the contracting Health Board or someone appointed on its behalf on the one hand and the provider on the other hand as representing their estimate of the provider’s pensionable pay from all provider sources for that year; and

(b) contributions payable for that part year are those specified in column 2 of the table in regulation 2.C.2(2) in respect of the amount of pensionable earnings referred to in column 1 of that table which corresponds to those estimated earnings.

(11) If a non-GP provider–

(a) commences further NHS employment (“the later employment”) at any time during the 2008–2009 scheme year;

(b) at the time of commencing that later employment–

(i) has other NHS employment as a non-GP provider in respect of which he or she is liable to pay contributions in accordance with paragraph (10); or

(ii) had previously been, but no longer is, in other service in respect of which he or she was liable to pay contributions in accordance with paragraph (10), (“the earlier service”); and

(c) regardless of whether or not the non-GP provider also is, or previously also was, in NHS employment under Part 2 during the 2008–2009 scheme year,

the non-GP provider must continue to pay contributions in respect of the later employment at the same rate as that which applied to the earlier employment.

(12) If paragraph (11) applies and the non-GP provider had two or more earlier NHS employments, that non-GP provider must continue to pay contributions in respect of the later employment–

(a) at the same rate as that which applied to whichever of the earlier employments was the last to cease; or

(b) if all of those earlier NHS employments, or the last 2 or more of them, ceased on the same day, in accordance with paragraph (10).

(13) In any case where paragraph (1) applies and it is apparent at the time when the person becomes an active member in an employment under this Part that the member’s pensionable pay in that employment includes any amount that is variable, that amount is to be taken as such amount as the employing authority consider appropriate for the 2008–09 scheme year and, in the case of a member who works part-time, is the variable amount that would be paid in respect of a comparable whole time employment.

(14) If a transfer payment from a corresponding health service scheme is accepted in respect of a person, the person is treated for the purposes of this regulation as if–

(a) the person was an active member of the scheme during any period which the person was an active member of that scheme; and

(b) the pay by reference to which the person’s benefits under that scheme were calculated was pensionable pay for the purposes of the scheme.

(15) If, apart from this paragraph, the pensionable pay determined for a scheme year in respect of a member’s employment would not be a whole number of pounds, it must be rounded down to the nearest whole pound.

Part-time employees

2.C.4—(1) The pensionable pay for the 2008–2009 scheme year in respect of a member’s part time employment is such amount as would, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, be the pensionable pay for a comparable whole-time employment under which services of the kinds performed in the part time employment were performed on the assumption in paragraph (2).

(2) In forming that opinion, the Scottish Ministers must assume that the pensionable pay for the part time employment is the part-time amount.

(3) In paragraph (2) “the part-time amount” means the amount that would be the pensionable pay for the part-time employment if it were determined in the same way as the pensionable pay for a whole time employment is determined under regulation 2.C.3.

(4) If, apart from this paragraph, the pensionable pay for a scheme year in respect of a member’s part time employment would not be a whole number of pounds, it must be rounded down to the nearest whole pound.

Contributions by employing authorities

Contributions by employing authorities: general

2.C.5—(1) Each employing authority must contribute to the scheme, in respect of each person who is an active member of the scheme in an employment with the authority, at such a rate as the Scottish Ministers specify from time to time.

(2) In specifying such a rate, the Scottish Ministers must take account of the cost of providing for any increase in pensions under the scheme as a result of orders made under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971(58) and section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975(59).

(3) Any contributions payable under this regulation must be paid to the Scottish Ministers on the same day as the member’s contributions under regulation 2.C.1.

(4) If for any period a person holds more than one employment with an employing authority in respect of which the person is an active member of the scheme, this regulation and regulation 2.C.6 apply in respect of each of those employments as if it were the only employment held.

(5) The rate for the period commencing on 1st April 2008 and ending on 31st March 2009 is 14 per cent.

Contributions by employing authorities: members becoming entitled to pensions under regulation 2.D.11

2.C.6—(1) If a pension becomes payable to a member under regulation 2.D.11 (early retirement on termination of employment by employing authority), the employing authority must make a contribution to the Scottish Ministers in respect of–

(a) the cost of providing the pension under that regulation for the period between the member leaving the employment in which the member was an active member and reaching the age of 65; and

(b) the cost of providing for any increase in the rate of the benefits referred to in sub paragraph (a) for that period as a result of orders made under section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (so far as not already met by contributions made under regulation 2.C.5(1)).

(2) If, on a pension under regulation 2.D.11 (early retirement on termination of employment by employing authority) becoming payable to a member in respect of the termination of the member’s employment with an employing authority (“the first authority”), a pension also becomes payable to the member in respect of pensionable service with one or more other employing authorities, the first authority must also make any additional contributions due in accordance with paragraph (1) in respect of that other pension.

(3) An employing authority is not responsible for meeting any costs in respect of the early payment of benefits to the extent that the benefits are attributable to contributions made under regulation 2.C.8, 2.C.10 or 2.C.11.

(4) Any contributions payable under this regulation must be paid–

(a) except in a case falling within paragraph (b), by a single payment made within one month of the date on which the pension under regulation 2.D.11 became payable; or

(b) if the Scottish Ministers agree, by not more than 5 equal annual instalments, the first of which is to be paid within one month of the date on which the pension under regulation 2.D.11 became payable and the others by 31st October in each of the following 4 scheme years.

(5) The following amounts must be determined by the Scottish Ministers on the advice of the scheme actuary–

(a) the costs mentioned in paragraph (1);

(b) the amount of the payment mentioned in paragraph (4)(a); and

(c) the amount of each of the instalments payable under paragraph (4)(b).

Guarantees, indemnities and bonds

2.C.7—(1) This regulation applies if–

(a) an employing authority fails to pay contributions in accordance with regulation 2.C.5 or 2.C.6; and

(b) the employing authority is–

(i) a GMS practice;

(ii) a HBPMS practice;

(iii) a section 17C agreement provider; or

(iv) an OOH provider.

(2) The Scottish Ministers may require the employing authority to have in force a guarantee, indemnity or bond which provides for payment to the Scottish Ministers, should that authority fail to meet them, of all future liabilities of the authority under–

(a) this Part; or

(b) the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) (Additional Voluntary Contributions) Regulations 1998(60).

(3) The guarantee, indemnity or bond must be in such form, in respect of such an amount and provided by such a person as the Scottish Ministers approve for the purpose.

Additional contributions to purchase additional pensions

Member’s option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension

2.C.8—(1) An active member may opt to make additional periodical contributions by monthly instalments during the contribution option period–

(a) to increase by a specified amount the benefits payable to the member under Chapter 2.D (retirement benefits for members) (including if a member dies after a pension becomes payable, the benefits paid to a surviving partner and dependent children at the same rate as the member’s pension for 3 or 6 months under Chapter 2.E (death benefits)); or

(b) to increase by a specified amount those benefits so payable and to increase the benefits otherwise payable in respect of surviving partners and dependent children under Chapter 2.E (death benefits) in respect of the member.