The National Health Service (Superannuation Scheme, Injury Benefits, Additional Voluntary Contributions and Compensation for Premature Retirement) (Civil Partnership) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005 No. 544

1. Introductory Text

2. PART I GENERAL

   1. 1. Citation, commencement, interpretation and extent

   2. 2. Amendment of the Superannuation Scheme Regulations

   3. 3. Amendment of the Injury Benefits Regulations

   4. 4. Amendment of the Additional Voluntary Contributions Regulations

   5. 5. Amendment of the Compensation for Premature Retirement Regulations

3. PART II AMENDMENT OF THE SUPERANNUATION SCHEME REGULATIONS

   1. 6. Interpretation

   2. 7. Contributions and other payments by employing authorities

   3. 8. Early leavers' entitlement to refund of contributions

   4. 9. Payment of lump sum

   5. 10. Part G

   6. 11. Widow’s pension

   7. 12. Civil partner’s pension

   8. 13. Dependent child

   9. 14. Child allowance when member dies in pensionable employment

   10. 15. Child allowance when member dies after pension becomes payable

   11. 16. Child allowance when member dies with preserved pension

   12. 17. Increase of child allowance when child not dependent on surviving parent or spouse or civil partner of parent

   13. 18. Allocation of pension by member for benefit of dependent

   14. 19. Limits on allocation

   15. 20. Date on which allocation has effect

   16. 21. Guaranteed minimum pensions

   17. 22. Protected rights transferred to the scheme

   18. 23. State scheme premiums

   19. 24. Right to buy additional service

   20. 25. Right to buy an unreduced retirement lump sum

   21. 26. Paying for unreduced retirement lump sum by single payment

   22. 27. Mental health officers

   23. 28. Pension sharing on divorce or nullity of marriage or dissolution or nullity of a civil partnership

   24. 29. Benefits on death in pensionable employment after pension becomes payable

   25. 30. Loss of rights to benefits

   26. 31. Part W

   27. 32. Discharge of pension credit liability

   28. 33. “Implementation period” for discharge of pension credit

   29. 34. Failure to discharge liability in respect of pension credit within the implementation period – Death of ex-spouse or ex-civil partner within period

   30. 35. Charges in respect of pension sharing costs

   31. 36. Medical and dental practitioners

   32. 37. Pension sharing on divorce or nullity of marriage or the dissolution or nullity of a civil partnership

4. PART III AMENDMENT OF THE INJURY BENEFITS REGULATIONS

   1. 38. Widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner’s allowance

   2. 39. Child’s allowance

   3. 40. Dependent relative’s allowance

   4. 41. Lump sum payment on death

   5. 42. Incidental provisions

   6. 43. Determination of questions

5. PART IV AMENDMENT OF THE ADDITIONAL VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS REGULATIONS

   1. 44. Interpretation

   2. 45. Payments by the Scottish Ministers

   3. 46. Pension sharing on divorce or nullity of marriage or dissolution or nullity of civil partnership

   4. 47. Schedule 2

6. PART V AMENDMENT OF THE COMPENSATION FOR PREMATURE RETIREMENT REGULATIONS

   1. 48. Partial surrender of annual allowance

   2. 49. Compensation payable to widow, widower, surviving civil partner or dependants

   3. 50. Compensation where lump sum on death becomes payable

7. PART VI OPT OUT

   1. 51. Right to opt out

8. Signature

9. Explanatory Note