The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015

Protection of guaranteed minimum pension

5.  If the member has a guaranteed minimum under section 14 of the 1993 Act(1) in relation to the whole or part of a pension, regulation 77 only applies to so much of the pension as exceeds that guaranteed minimum, multiplied by such factor as is indicated for a person of the member’s description in tables provided to the scheme manager by the scheme actuary.

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Section 14 has been amended by sections 151 and 177 of, and paragraphs 27(a) and (b) of Schedule 5 and Part 3 of Schedule 7 to, the Pensions Act 1995 (c.26), section 1(1) of, and paragraph 38(a) to (c) of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Contributions (Transfer of Functions, etc) Act 1999 (c.2), section 456 of, and paragraphs 1 and 22(1) and (3) of Schedule 11 to, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c.29), and is prospectively amended by section 24(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 15(1) to (3) of Schedule 13 to, the Pensions Act 2014 (c.19).