Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 300

      The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995


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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1995 No. 300

NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995

Made 8th February 1995
Laid before Parliament 10th February 1995
Coming into force 6th March 1995


ARRANGEMENT OF REGULATIONS

PART A
Preliminary
A1.  Citation and commencement
A2.  Interpretation
PART B
Membership
B1.  Membership of the scheme
B2.  Restrictions on membership
B3.  Restrictions on further participation in the scheme
B4.  Opting-out of the scheme
PART C
Pensionable pay, pensionable service and qualifying service
C1.  Meaning of "pensionable pay" and "final year's pensionable pay"
C2.  Meaning of "pensionable service"
C3.  Meaning of "qualifying service"
PART D
Contributions
D1.  Contributions by members
D2.  Contributions by employing authorities
PART E
Benefits for members
E1.  Normal retirement pension
E2.  Early retirement pension (ill-health)
E3.  Early retirement pension (redundancy etc)
E4.  Early retirement pension (employer's consent)
E5.  Early retirement pension (with actuarial reduction)
E6.  Lump sum on retirement
PART F
Lump sum on death
F1.  Member dies in pensionable employment
F2.  Member dies after pension becomes payable
F3.  Member dies with preserved pension
F4.  Member dies within 12 months after leaving pensionable employment without pension or preserved pension
F5.  Payment of lump sum
PART G
Widows and Widowers
G1.  Widow's pension
G2.  Member dies in pensionable employment
G3.  Member dies after pension becomes payable
G4.  Member dies with preserved pension
G5.  Member dies within 12 months after leaving pensionable employment without pension or preserved pension
G6.  Member marries after leaving pensionable employment
G7.  Widower's pension
G8.  Dependent widower's pension
G9.  Increased widower's pension
PART H
Child allowance
H1.  Dependent child
H2.  Payment of allowance
H3.  Member dies in pensionable employment
H4.  Member dies after pension becomes payable
H5.  Member dies with preserved pension
H6.  Member dies within 12 months after leaving pensionable employment without pension or preserved pension
H7.  Child not dependent on surviving parent or spouse of a parent
PART J
Allocation to a spouse or a dependant
J1.  Allocation of pension
J2.  Limits on allocation of pension
J3.  Date on which allocation has effect
PART K
Contracting-out requirements
K1.  Contracting-out requirements to be overriding
K2.  Guaranteed minimum pensions
K3.  Late retirement
K4.  Early leavers
K5.  Guaranteed minimum pensions transferred to the scheme
K6.  Protected rights transferred to the scheme
K7.  State scheme premiums
PART L
Early leavers
L1.  Preserved pension
L2.  Refund of contributions
L3.  Payment of interest with refund of contributions
L4.  Early leavers returning to pensionable employment
PART M
Transfers and buy outs
M1.  Member's right to transfer or buy-out
M2.  Exercising a right to transfer or buy-out
M3.  Amount of member's cash equivalent
M4.  Time limit for doing what member requires
M5.  Early leaver without pension or preserved pension
M6.  Transfers in respect of more than one member
M7.  Waiver of transfer payment
PART N
Transfers from other pension arrangements
N1.  Member's right to transfer accrued rights to benefits to the scheme
N2.  Transfers made under the Public Sector Transfer Arrangements
N3.  Transfers that are not made under the Public Sector Transfer Arrangements
N4.  Transfers in respect of more than one member
N5.  Waiver of transfer payments
PART P
Members absent from work
P1.  Absence because of illness or injury or maternity leave
P2.  Other leave of absence
PART Q
Right to buy additional service and unreduced retirement lump sum
Q1.  Right to buy additional service
Q2.  Right to buy an unreduced retirement lump sum
Q3.  Electing to buy additional service or unreduced retirement lump sum
Q4.  Paying for additional service by single payment
Q5.  Paying for unreduced retirement lump sum by single payment
Q6.  Paying for additional service or unreduced retirement lump sum by regular additional contributions
Q7.  Part payment for additional service or unreduced retirement lump sum
PART R
Special provisions for certain members
R1.  Practitioners and trainee practitioners
R2.  Nurses, physiotherapists, midwives and health visitors
R3.  Mental health officers
R4.  Members doing more than one job
R5.  Part-time employment
R6.  Members entitled to fees for domiciliary consultations
R7.  Members who work temporary additional sessions
R8.  Former members of health service schemes
R9.  Members whose earnings are reduced
R10.  Polygamous marriages
PART S
Members who return to employment after pension becomes payable
S1.  Suspension of pension on return to NHS employment
S2.  Reduction of pension on return to NHS employment
S3.  Benefits in respect of pensionable employment after pension becomes payable
S4.  Benefits on death in pensionable employment after pension becomes payable
PART T
General rules about benefits
T1.  Claims for benefits
T2.  Deduction of tax
T3.  Benefits not assignable
T4.  Beneficiary who is incapable
T5.  Offset for crime, negligence or fraud
T6.  Loss of rights to benefits
T7.  Commutation of trivial pensions
PART U
Administrative matters
U1.  Extension of time limits
U2.  Determination of questions
U3.  Accounts and actuarial reports
PART V
Miscellaneous and supplementary
V1.  Option to persons detrimentally affected by these Regulations
V2.  Revocations and savings

SCHEDULES

  1.  Purchase of Additional Service and Unreduced Retirement Lump Sum

  2.  Medical and Dental Practitioners

  3.  Revocations

 

Explanatory Note


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