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PART 2Amendment of the National Health Service Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2008

Amendment of regulation 3.J.9

80.  In regulation 3.J.9(5) (interest on late payment of benefits and refunds of contributions)–

(a)in sub-paragraph (b), after “member’s death” insert “, other than a pension payable under regulation 3.E.20A (pension payable when member dies on or after reaching age 75)”; and

(b)after sub-paragraph (e) insert–

(f)in the case of an amount in respect of a pension under regulation 3.E.20A that is payable to–

(i)the member’s personal representatives, the date on which any document that is by law sufficient evidence of the grant of confirmation as executor of the member, was produced to the Scottish Ministers;

(ii)any person or body to whom the pension has been assigned by the member’s personal representatives, the date on which the notice under regulation 3.E.21(10) was received by the Scottish Ministers; or

(iii)any person or body other than those referred to in heads (i) and (ii), the day immediately following the day of the member’s death..