The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011

Purchase of surviving partner’s pension in respect of service before 6th April 1988

G16.—(1) Subject to this regulation, an officer in respect of whom a pension has not already become payable under regulations E2 or E3 may, in respect of the whole or any part of his contributing service before 6th April 1988, elect to purchase an increase in the amount of any survivor’s pension that becomes payable under this Section of the scheme.

(2) The purchase of an increase under paragraph (1) may be made only in respect of complete years of service, unless the officer wishes to purchase an increase in respect of all of the officer’s service before 6th April 1988, in which case the whole of the requisite period may be purchased whether or not it constitutes a multiple of complete years of service.

(3) An election under paragraph (1)—

(a) must be made within the period of 15 months beginning with the date on which these Regulations come into force;

(b) must be made by notice in writing, given to the Scottish Ministers;

(c) must specify the period in respect of which the election is made;

(d) must be accompanied by a declaration in writing signed by the officer that the officer is of sound health for the officer’s age; and

(e) is irrevocable.

(4) Each figure in tables 2 and 4 of Schedule 3 is multiplied by a factor of 0.7 in respect of the cost of providing the increase provided under paragraph (1).

(5) In this regulation “survivor’s pension” means a pension that becomes payable by virtue of—

(a) regulation G7;

(b) regulation G10; or

(c) regulation G14.