The National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme, Pension Scheme and Injury Benefits) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009

Amendment of regulation 2.A.5

This section has no associated Executive Note

27.  In regulation 2.A.5(1) (meaning of “qualifying service”)–

(a)in sub-paragraph (b), after “pension arrangement” insert “(including the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995)”; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (e) insert–

(f)in the case of a person–

(i)who is eligible to join the scheme by virtue of regulation 2.B.1(5)(c); (eligibility: general); and

(ii)for whom the interval between leaving the NHS superannuation scheme for Scotland 1995 and joining the scheme is less than one month,

a period equal to the period of qualifying service (within the meaning of the 1995 Regulations), measured in years and days, that the member was entitled to count under regulation C3 (meaning of “qualifying service”) of the 1995 Regulations when the member left that scheme..