The National Health Service Pension Scheme (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Regulations 2015

Redundancy retirement

32.—(1) This regulation applies where an officer transition member other than one to whom regulation 33 applies—

(a) becomes entitled to payment of a premature retirement pension pursuant to regulation 82 of the 2015 Regulations;

(b) claims that pension; and

(c) is under—

(i) age 60, in the case of a member of the 1995 Section; or

(ii) age 65, in the case of a member of the 2008 Section.

(2) Where this regulation applies, the member also becomes entitled to payment of a pension in respect of relevant pensionable service in the old scheme in consideration of the termination of that member’s employment by reason of redundancy pursuant to regulation —

(a) E3A of the 1995 Regulations(1); or

(b) 2.D.11 of the 2008 Regulations.

(3) In this regulation, “relevant pensionable service” does not include—

(a) service from an employment that commenced when the member was eligible to be an active member of the old scheme and is a continuing employment in respect of which the member has elected to continue to accrue rights pursuant to regulation 100(5) of the 2015 Regulations;

(b) if regulation 100(9) of the 2015 Regulations applies to the member—

(i) service to which Schedule 2 of the 1995 Regulations applies; or

(ii) service to which Part 3 of the 2008 Regulations applies.

(1)

Regulation E3A was inserted by S.I. 2006/2919 and amended by S.I. 2013/413 and 2014/570.