The National Health Service Pension Scheme, Injury Benefits and Additional Voluntary Contributions (Amendment) Regulations 2015

Amendment of regulation 4

51.—(1) Regulation 4 (scale of benefits) is amended as follows.

(2) In sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (6)—

(a) for paragraph (i), substitute—

“(i) reduction in the amount of that pension under regulation T5 or T6 of the 1995 Regulations, regulation 2.J.6, 2.J.7, 3.J.6 or 3.J.7 of the 2008 Regulations or paragraphs 11 or 12 of Schedule 3 to the 2015 Regulations (all of which deal with offset and loss of rights to benefits);”;

(b) for paragraph (ii), substitute—

“(ii) reduction in the amount of that pension under regulation E2A(7), E7 or L1(5) of the 1995 Regulations, regulation 2.D.14, 2.D.15, 3.D.10 or 3.D.11 of the 2008 Regulations or regulation 77 or 109 of the 2015 Regulations (all of which deal with exchanging a pension for a lump sum including in cases of serious ill health);”;

(c) for paragraph (iv), substitute—

“(iv) reduction in the amount of that pension under paragraph (14)(b) of regulation T2A of the 1995 Regulations, paragraph (10)(b) of regulations 2.J.8 or 3.J.8 of the 2008 Regulations or paragraph 16 of Schedule 3 to the 2015 Regulations (all of which deal with the deduction of tax);”.

(3) After sub-paragraph (b) of paragraph (10)(1), add—

“(c) in respect of a person who is or is eligible to be a member of the scheme set out in the 2015 Regulations,—

(i) the person’s state pension age, or

(ii) 65, if that is higher.”.

(1)

Sub-paragraph (c) was inserted by regulation 3 of S.I. 2008/655.