The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (2008 Section) (Scotland) Regulations 2013

Transfer of service and pensionable earnings from the 1995 Section S

Service and pensionable earnings credited from the 1995 Section S

3.K.3.—(1) A 2008 Section Optant who—

(a) becomes a member of this Section of the scheme; and

(b) is not entitled to a pension under regulation E3 (early retirement pension on ill health grounds (post 1st April 2008)) of the 2011 Regulations,

is entitled to count the following service under this Section of the scheme.

(2) The member may count as qualifying service a period equal in length to the period of qualifying service up to, and including, 31st March 2008 which the member was entitled to count under the 1995 Section (but not exceeding 45 years).

(3) Subject to paragraph (9) and regulation 3.K.10, the pensionable earnings and service which a 2008 Section Optant who is under age 60 on 1st October 2009 may count under this Section of the scheme is an amount equal to the amount of pensionable earnings for practitioner service up to, and including, 31st March 2008 which the Optant was entitled to count under regulation C2 (meaning of “pensionable service”) of the 2011 Regulations.

(4) Subject to paragraphs (5), (8), (9) and (10) and regulation 3.K.10 the pensionable earnings and service which a 2008 Section Optant who is age 60 or over on 1st October 2009 may count under this Section of the scheme is an amount equal to the amount of pensionable earnings for practitioner service up to and including 31st March 2008 which the Optant was entitled to count under regulation C2 (meaning of “pensionable service”) of the 2011 Regulations multiplied by the factor specified in paragraph (8) applicable to the case.

(5) Subject to paragraph (6) in determining the amounts of pensionable earnings up to, and including, 31st March 2008 in paragraph (3) or (4), the Scottish Ministers must have regard to—

(a) the pensionable earnings for any scheme year recorded by the Optant's contracting Health Board or someone appointed to act on its behalf;

(b) the pensionable earnings for any scheme year certified by the Optant in accordance with paragraph 31 of Schedule 1 to the 2011 Regulations.

(6) Subject to paragraph (7) if, in respect of any particular scheme year, the pensionable earnings referred to in paragraph (5)(a) or (b) are not available, the Scottish Ministers must determine the pensionable earnings for that scheme year and in doing so must have regard to—

(a) the contributions paid in accordance with regulation D1 (contributions by members) of the 2011 Regulations or regulation 3.C.1 (contributions by members); or

(b) the figure supplied by the contracting Health Board or someone appointed to act on its behalf.

(7) If—

(a) the Scottish Ministers have made a determination of pensionable earnings in accordance with paragraph (6); and

(b) the pensionable earnings referred to in paragraph (5) that were not available to the Scottish Ministers at the time of that determination, subsequently become available,

the Scottish Ministers must revise that determination accordingly.

(8) The factor referred to in paragraph (4) is the factor specified by the Scottish Ministers for that purpose.

(9) For the purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4), the pensionable earnings for practitioner service which the 2008 Section Optant is entitled to count under regulation C2 (meaning of “pensionable service”) of the 2011 Regulations does not include any pensionable service the Optant was entitled to count under regulation C2(1)(d) of those Regulations.

(10) Where a 2008 Section Optant becomes a member of this Section of the scheme under this Part, all rights in respect of that Optant under the 1995 Section are extinguished.

Treatment of additional pension S

3.K.4.—(1) This regulation applies to a 2008 Section Optant who, whilst a member of the 1995 Section, had exercised an option to purchase additional pension (“an OPAP”) under regulations Q8 (option to pay periodical contributions) or Q10 (option to pay lump sum) or whose employing authority had done so under regulation Q11 (additional lump sum) of the 2011 Regulations.

(2) Where paragraph (1) applies, the amount of additional pension that will count under this Section of the scheme must be calculated in accordance with—

(a) paragraph (3) when all the contributions required to be made under the OPAP have been made in accordance with regulation Q14 (effect of payment of additional contributions) of the 2011 Regulations; and

(b) paragraph (4) when the OPAP has ceased or been cancelled in accordance with regulation Q13 (cancellation and cessation of options) of the 2011 Regulations.

(3) Where paragraph (2)(a) applies, the amount of additional pension that will count under regulation 3.C.12 (effect of payment of additional contributions) must be equal to the amount of additional pension—

(a) purchased in the 1995 Section under regulation Q14 of the 2011 Regulations where the person's chosen birthday under the OPAP was 65;

(b) subject to paragraph (9), that would have been purchased in the 1995 Section under regulation Q14 of the 2011 Regulations if the person's chosen birthday had been 65 and, in determining that amount, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the advice of the scheme actuary, where the person's chosen birthday under the OPAP was 60.

(4) Where paragraph (2)(b) applies, the amount of additional pension that will count under regulation 3.C.14 (effect of part payment of periodical contributions) must be equal to the amount of additional pension—

(a) purchased in the 1995 Section under regulation Q13 of the 2011 Regulations, where the person's chosen birthday under the OPAP was 65;

(b) subject to paragraph (9), that would have been purchased in the 1995 Section under regulation Q13 of the 2011 Regulations if the person's chosen birthday had been 65 and, in determining that amount, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the advice of the scheme actuary, where the person's chosen birthday under the OPAP was 60.

(5) The additional pension referred to in paragraph (3) or (4) that counts in this Section of the scheme must do so from the effective date specified in regulation 3.K.2(5) (options for a member of the 1995 Section to join this Section of the scheme).

(6) This paragraph applies—

(a) to a person referred to in paragraph (1); and

(b) where at the effective date specified in regulation 3.K.2(5)—

(i) that person—

(aa) was making additional contributions in accordance with an OPAP exercised under regulation Q8 of the 2011 Regulations;

(bb) had applied to make, but had not yet begun making, additional contributions under regulation Q8 of the 2011 Regulations; or

(cc) had applied to make, but had not yet made, a single lump sum contribution in accordance with an OPAP exercised under regulation Q10 of the 2011 Regulations; or

(ii) that person's employing authority had applied to make, but had not yet made, a single lump sum contribution on the person's behalf, in accordance with an OPAP exercised under regulation Q11 of the 2011 Regulations.

(7) Where paragraph (6) applies and the person's chosen birthday referred to in regulation Q8 (option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension) of the 2011 Regulations was 65, the OPAP referred to in that paragraph applies in this Section of the scheme as if the OPAP were an option to purchase additional pension in accordance with whichever of regulation 3.C.6 (periodical contributions), 3.C.8 (lump sum contribution) or 3.C.9 (lump sum contributions by employing authority) would apply in that case.

(8) Subject to paragraph (9) where paragraph (6) applies and the person's chosen birthday referred to in regulation Q8 (option to pay additional periodical contributions to purchase additional pension) of the 2011 Regulations was 60, the OPAP referred to in that paragraph applies in this Section of the scheme—

(a) as if the OPAP were an option to purchase additional pension in accordance with whichever of regulation 3.C.6, 3.C.8 or 3.C.9 would apply in that case; and

(b) after adjustment, having regard to the advice of the scheme actuary, so that—

(i) the amount of the additional pension purchased in this Section of the scheme is the same as that which would have been purchased in the 1995 Section; and

(ii) the additional periodical or lump sum contributions payable, regard being had to the normal retirement age of 65 applying in this Section of the scheme, reduce or (where appropriate) cease to be payable.

(9) If paragraph (3)(b), (4)(b) or (8) applies and—

(a) the amount of the additional pension calculated in accordance with paragraph (3)(b) or (4)(b) will exceed the limit on the total increase in the member's pension referred to, as the case may be, in regulation 3.C.6, 3.C.8 or 3.C.9; or

(b) the limit on the total increase in the member's pension referred to in regulation 3.C.6 will be exceeded by the amount of additional pension that counts in this Section of the scheme in accordance with paragraph (8)(b)(i) notwithstanding any reduction in, or cessation of, additional contributions payable in accordance with paragraph (8)(b)(ii),

the total increase in the member's pension under this regulation, taken together with any other increase under regulations 3.C.6, 3.C.8 or 3.C.9 is subject to the limit on the total increase in the member's pension described in regulation 3.C.6, 3.C.8 or 3.C.9.

(10) The amount of additional pension that counts in this Section of the scheme in accordance with paragraphs (2) to (8) that exceeds the limit in paragraph (9) is to be converted to pensionable earnings under regulation 3.A.7(10) (meaning of “pensionable earnings”), and in determining the amount of such additional pension to be converted into pensionable earnings, the Scottish Ministers must have regard to the advice of the scheme actuary.

Treatment of additional service and pensionable earnings S

3.K.5.—(1) A 2008 Section Optant—

(a) who becomes a member of this Section of the scheme; and

(b) is buying or has already bought a period of additional service that counts as pensionable service under regulation C2(1)(d) (meaning of “pensionable service”) of the 2011 Regulations,

is able to count an additional amount of pensionable earnings for that pensionable service in this Section of the scheme as described in whichever of paragraphs (5) or (6) apply to that Optant.

(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), the additional pensionable earnings referred to in paragraph (1) are—

(a) any additional pensionable earnings bought under regulation Q1 (right to buy additional service) of the 2011 Regulations (as modified by paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 to those Regulations) before the date that person's option to join this Section of the scheme was received by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 3.K.2 (option for a member of the 1995 Section to join this Section of the scheme); and

(b) any additional pensionable earnings bought under regulation 27 (purchase of added years of contributing service) of the National Health Service (Superannuation) (Scotland) Regulations 1980 M1 .

(3) The additional pensionable earnings referred to in paragraph (2)(a) is to be calculated in accordance with—

(a) regulation Q1(6) (right to buy additional service) of the 2011 Regulations (as modified by paragraph 26(2) or, as the case may be, 26(4) of Schedule 1 to those Regulations) in the case of an election that had ceased and was paid for in full by the date referred to paragraph (2)(a);

(b) regulation Q7(1), (5) and (6) (but not (7)) (part payment for additional service or unreduced retirement lump sum) of the 2011 Regulations, in the case of an election that had ceased but had only partially been paid for at that date; or

(c) subject to paragraph (7), regulation Q7(1), (5) and (6) (but not (7)) of the 2011 Regulations, in the case of an election that remained in force immediately before that date.

(4) The additional pensionable earnings referred to at paragraph (2)(b) are to be calculated in accordance with whichever of regulation 27(3) or (4)(b) of the National Health Service (Superannuation) (Scotland) Regulations 1980 M2 applies to the Optant.

(5) The additional pensionable earnings which a 2008 Section Optant who is under age 60 on 1st October 2009 may count under this Section of the scheme is an amount equal to the amount of additional pensionable earnings calculated in respect of that Optant in accordance with whichever of paragraph (3) or (4) applies.

(6) The additional pensionable earnings which a 2008 Section Optant who is age 60 or over on 1st October 2009 may count under this Section of the scheme is the pensionable earnings found by—

(a) first taking the additional pensionable earnings calculated in respect of that Optant in accordance with whichever of paragraph (3) or (4) applies (“APE”); and

(b) then multiplying APE by the factor specified by the Scottish Ministers for that purpose.

(7) Where a member was buying additional service by means of regular additional contributions immediately before the date referred to in paragraph (2)(a)—

(a) the member's election to buy additional service ceases from that date; and

(b) any additional contributions due under the election that are unpaid at that date must be deducted from the member's pensionable pay in accordance with regulation 3.K.2(6) and (7) (options for a member of the 1995 Section to join this Section of the scheme).

(8) Subject to regulation 3.K.16, for the purposes of calculating the Optant's benefits under this Section of the scheme the additional pensionable earnings that the Optant is entitled to count under paragraph (5) or, as the case may be, paragraph (6) is to be added to the amount of pensionable earnings the member is entitled to count under—

(a) regulation 3.K.3(3), if the member is under age 60 on 1st October 2009; or

(b) regulation 3.K.3(4), if the member is age 60 or over on that date.

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 1980/1177. Regulations 27 and 28 were revoked by S.I. 1995/365.

M2 S.I. 1980/1177. Regulations 27 and 28 were revoked by S.I. 1995/365.

Treatment of unreduced retirement lump sum S

3.K.6.—(1) This regulation applies to a 2008 Section Optant who becomes a member of this Section of the scheme and, at the date that person's option to join this Section of the scheme was received by the Scottish Ministers in accordance with regulation 3.K.2 (option for a member of the 1995 Section to join this Section of the scheme), elects under regulation Q2 (right to buy an unreduced retirement lump sum) of the 2011 Regulations to—

(a) purchase an unreduced retirement lump sum for service before 25th March 1972; or

(b) buy additional survivor's pension for service before 6th April 1988,

which satisfies any of the conditions in paragraph (2).

(2) Those conditions are that the election—

(a) was paid for in full by the date referred to in paragraph (1);

(b) ceased before the date referred to in paragraph (1), but before completion of the additional contributions payable;

(c) was payable by additional contributions and remained in force immediately before the date referred to in paragraph (1); or

(d) was payable by deduction from the member's retirement lump sum.

(3) If paragraph (1) applies, the election referred to in that paragraph ceases to be effective from 1st April 2008 and—

(a) any additional contributions under the election that were due but not paid at that date must be deducted in accordance with regulations 3.K.2(6) and (7);

(b) any liability to pay additional contributions under the election ceases from 1st April 2008; and

(c) any requirement to pay for an unreduced retirement lump sum by the deduction referred to in paragraph (2)(d) lapses.

Treatment of 2008 Section Optants to whom regulation L1(3) of the 2011 Regulations applied immediately before 1st April 2008 S

3.K.7.—(1) This regulation applies to a 2008 Section Optant—

(a) whose benefits on retirement or death would, but for this regulation, be calculated in accordance with Chapters 3.D (members' retirement benefits) and 3.E (death benefits); and

(b) who, but for joining this Section of the scheme, would otherwise have been entitled to have benefits on retirement or death calculated in accordance with regulation L1(3) (treatment of pensionable service of early leavers returning to pensionable employment) of the 2011 Regulations.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3), for the purpose of calculating the benefits on retirement or death of a 2008 Section Optant referred to in paragraph (1), the Optant may, where it would be more beneficial to the Optant, be treated—

(a) as a deferred member of this Section of the scheme in respect of any period of practitioner service and pensionable earnings credited to that Optant under regulation 3.K.3 that relates to one or more periods of practitioner service in the 1995 Section that occurred before a break of 12 months or more in such service (“an earlier service credit”); and

(b) as if the Optant became an active member for the first time on the first day of any period of practitioner service and pensionable earnings credited to that Optant under regulation 3.K.3 that relates to a period of pensionable service in the 1995 Section that occurred after a break of 12 months or more in such service.

(3) Subject to regulation 3.D.7(5)(b)(ii) (early retirement on ill health: active members and non-contributing members), the Optant's benefits in respect of an earlier service credit mentioned in paragraph (2)(a) must be calculated—

(a) separately; and

(b) by reference to the member's uprated earnings calculated in accordance with paragraph 11 (officer service treated as practitioner service) of Schedule 1 to the 2011 Regulations in respect of that particular period.

Pension debit members S

3.K.8.—(1) This regulation applies where, on becoming a member of this Section of the scheme, a 2008 Section Optant is a pension debit member.

(2) The amount of the reduction to be made to the Optant's benefits under this Section of the scheme is the amount of the reduction that applied to the Optant's benefits under the 1995 Section calculated in accordance with section 31 (reduction of benefit: sharing of rights under pension arrangements) of the 1999 Act adjusted by the factor referred to in paragraph (3).

(3) The factor referred to in paragraph (2) is the factor specified by the Scottish Ministers for that purpose.

(4) The Scottish Ministers may, after taking advice from the scheme actuary, make such modifications to—

(a) the Optant's rights; and

(b) the form of the Optant's benefits,

as the Scottish Ministers consider necessary for the purpose specified in paragraph (5).

(5) If in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, it is necessary for the purpose of giving effect to the pension sharing order to which the Optant's rights are subject for some or all of the benefits under this Section of the scheme to be taken in a different form from that in which that Optant would otherwise be entitled to take them, the Scottish Ministers may modify those benefits as described in paragraph (4).

Pensionable earnings credited under regulations 3.K.3 and 3.K.5 to be treated as capped Optant pensionable earnings S

3.K.9.—(1) This regulation applies for the purpose of determining the amount of an Optant's pensionable earnings (if any) that fall to be treated as capped Optant pensionable earnings for the purposes of calculating benefits payable to, or in respect of, the Optant under this Part.

(2) In paragraph (1), “capped Optant pensionable earnings” means the amount of pensionable earnings that the Optant is entitled to count under regulations 3.K.3 and 3.K.5 in respect of an amount of capped pensionable earnings for service in the 1995 Section up to, and including, 31st March 2008.

(3) For the purposes of paragraph (2) the Optant's pensionable earnings were capped pensionable earnings in respect of service in the 1995 Section so far as—

(a) in the case of pensionable earnings in respect of service before 6th April 2006—

(i) the Optant was an active member of the 1995 Section; and

(ii) that Optant's pension under that Section in respect of the service was to be calculated by reference to pensionable earnings limited in each tax year to the permitted maximum for that year within the meaning of section 590C(2) (earnings cap) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 M3 ; or

(b) in the case of pensionable earnings in respect of service on or after 6th April 2006—

(i) the Optant was an active member of the 1995 Section; and

(ii) that Optant's pension under that Section in respect of the service was to be calculated by reference to pensionable earnings limited in each tax year to an amount calculated in the same manner as the permitted maximum under Section 590C(2) of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 was calculated for tax years ending before that date.

(4) For the purposes of paragraph (3) it does not matter whether, apart from the application of the limit referred to in that paragraph, the Optant's earnings in any tax year would have exceeded the amount of the limit.

(5) In this regulation “pensionable earnings” has the meaning given in regulation 3.A.7.

Marginal Citations

M3 1988 c.1. Section 590C was repealed by Part 3 of Schedule 42 to the Finance Act 2004 (c.12).

Amount of pension and lump sum to be paid to a 2008 Section Optant S

3.K.10.—(1) This regulation applies to a 2008 Section Optant who—

(a) is entitled to an annual pension under Chapter 3.D (members' retirement benefits); or

(b) is entitled to the payment of a transfer value under Chapter 3.F in respect of the pension that has accrued to or in respect of that Optant under this Section of the scheme.

(2) In the case of a 2008 Section Optant referred to in paragraph (1)(a), that Optant is entitled to—

(a) the payment of a lump sum determined in accordance with whichever of the following paragraphs of this regulation that apply to that Optant; and

(b) the annual amount of pension referred to in paragraph (1)(a) to which that Optant is entitled, reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the lump sum referred to in sub-paragraph (a) divided by 12.

(3) In the case of a 2008 Section Optant referred to in paragraph (1)(b)—

(a) the transfer value must be calculated by reference to a lump sum determined under paragraph (5); and

(b) the pension by reference to which, apart from this regulation, the transfer value in respect of that Optant would otherwise be calculated must be reduced by an amount equal to the amount of the lump sum referred to in sub-paragraph (a) divided by 12.

(4) Subject to paragraphs (13) and (15), except in a case to which paragraph (6), (8), (10) or (12) applies, the amount of the lump sum must be determined as described in paragraph (5).

(5) The amount of the lump sum must be determined by—

(a) applying the formula—

; and

(b) rounding down the amount found under sub-paragraph (a) to the nearest amount of whole pounds that is divisible by 12.

(6) In the case of an Optant who—

(a) becomes entitled to an annual amount of pension payable under regulation 3.D.4 (early payment of pension with actuarial reduction); and

(b) has not attained age 60 on the day of becoming entitled to that pension,

the amount of the lump sum must be determined as described in paragraph (7).

(7) The amount of the lump sum that is to be paid to an Optant referred to in paragraph (6) must be calculated by—

(a) applying the formula—

; and

(b) rounding down the amount found under sub-paragraph (a) to the nearest amount of whole pounds that is divisible by 12.

(8) In the case of an Optant who—

(a) becomes entitled to an annual amount of pension payable under regulation 3.D.5 (partial retirement: members aged at least 55) for the first time; and

(b) has not attained age 60 on the day of becoming entitled to that pension,

the amount of the lump sum must be determined as described in paragraph (9).

(9) The amount of the lump sum that is to be paid to an Optant referred to in paragraph (8) must be calculated by—

(a) applying the formula—

; and

(b) rounding down the amount found under sub-paragraph (a) to the nearest amount of whole pounds that is divisible by 12.

(10) In the case of an Optant who—

(a) becomes entitled to an annual amount of pension payable under regulation 3.D.5 (partial retirement: members aged at least 55) for the first time; and

(b) has attained age 60 on the day of becoming entitled to that pension,

the amount of the lump sum must be determined as described in paragraph (11).

(11) The amount of the lump sum that is to be paid to an Optant referred to in paragraph (10) must be calculated by—

(a) applying the formula—

; and

(b) rounding down the amount found under sub-paragraph (a) to the nearest amount of whole pounds that is divisible by 12.

(12) In the case of an Optant—

(a) who is a pensioner member as respects a pension payable under regulation 3.D.5(8)(a); and

(b) who—

(i) subsequently exercises an option under that regulation for the second or final time; or

(ii) becomes entitled to any other pension under Chapter 3.D in respect of pensionable service not taken into account for the purposes of calculating the pension payable under sub-paragraph (a),

the amount of the lump sum must be determined by the Scottish Ministers after taking advice from the scheme actuary.

(13) If, on becoming a member of this Section of the scheme, a 2008 Section Optant is a pension debit member the amount of the lump sum determined under this regulation must be reduced by the amount calculated under paragraph (14) (“the pension debit reduction”).

(14) The amount of the pension debit reduction referred to in paragraph (13) must be calculated by—

(a) applying the formula—

; and

(b) rounding up the amount found in sub-paragraph (a) to the nearest amount of whole pounds that is divisible by 12.

(15) If any part of an Optant's benefit under this Section of the scheme falls to be calculated by reference to capped Optant pensionable earnings under regulation 3.K.9 the determinations in this regulation must apply separately in respect of—

(a) the pension to which the Optant is entitled in respect of the pensionable earnings that fall to be calculated by reference to capped pensionable earnings; and

(b) the pension to which the Optant is entitled in respect of the pensionable earnings that do not fall to be calculated by reference to capped pensionable earnings.

(16) If the benefits of an Optant to whom this regulation applies are subject to the modifications provided for in Part 4 (benefits in cases of mixed service)—

(a) the amount of—

(i) the lump sum referred to in paragraph (2)(a) and in regulation 2.K.12(2)(a); and

(ii) the reduction in the annual amounts of pension referred to in paragraph (2)(b) and in regulation 2.K.12(2)(b),

is to be calculated without regard to those modifications;

(b) any pension included in the “reference amount” or, as the case may be, the “base amount” referred to in regulations 4.C.1(1) and 4.A.2 (respectively) and payable to a member under Part 4, attracts, on the member's retirement, an immediate increase under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 M4 ;

(c) the amount of any lump sum referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) that is based on a pension that attracts an immediate increase under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971, is—

(i) increased in like manner; and

(ii) give rise to a corresponding increase in the reduction to the corresponding annual amount of pension referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(ii); and

(d) the total of the amounts referred to in sub-paragraph (a)(i) and (a)(ii), together with any increases described in sub-paragraph (c), apply to the “reference amount” or, as the case may be, the “base amount” referred to in regulations 4.C.1(1) and 4.A.2 (respectively) payable to a member under Part 4.

(17) In this regulation—

“1995 Section Pension Debit” means the amount by which the Optant's annual pension under the 2011 Regulations was to be reduced in accordance with section 31 (reduction of benefit) of the 1999 Act;

“annual amount”, in relation to a pension, means the amount of the annual pension to which the member would be entitled under this Section of the scheme apart from this regulation, together with any increases payable under the Pensions (Increase) Act 1971 M5 , calculated as at the time payment would first be due;

“Increase Factor” means the factor that would have applied to the 1995 Section Pension Debit for the purposes of section 29 (creation of pension debits and credits) of the 1999 Act if the Optant had become entitled to a pension under the 2011 Regulations—

(a)

on the date that the Optant becomes entitled to a pension referred to in paragraph (1)(a); or

(b)

on the day after the Optant's last day of pensionable service if the Optant becomes entitled to the payment of a transfer value referred to in paragraph (1)(b);

“Reduction Factor” means the reduction factor that the Scottish Ministers, after taking advice from the scheme actuary, determines would have applied to that Optant's lump sum retiring allowance under regulation E14(7)(b) (deductions from lump sum) of the 2011 Regulations if that Optant had become entitled to a pension calculated under regulation E11 (early retirement pension (with actuarial reduction)) of those Regulations on the day the Optant became entitled to a pension under regulation 3.D.4 (early payment of pension with actuarial reduction) or, as the case may be, regulation 3.D.5 (partial retirement: members aged at least 55);

“Relevant Uprated Earnings” are the uprated earnings for the period of practitioner service (expressed in days) equal to the aggregate of—

(a)

the amount of uprated earnings for pensionable service that the Optant is entitled to count under regulation 3.K.3 (service and pensionable earnings credited from the 1995 Section); and

(b)

the amount of additional pensionable earnings for additional service (if any) that the Optant is entitled to count under regulation 3.K.5 (treatment of additional service and pensionable earnings); and

“Specified Uprated Earnings” means the amount of the Optant's Relevant Uprated Earnings multiplied by the percentage of the member's pension in respect of which the member claims immediate payment under regulation 3.D.5(3)(a) (“the specified percentage”).

Marginal Citations

M4 1971 c.56.

M5 1971 c.56.