Nominations and notices accepted by the Scottish Ministers under the 2011 Regulations to apply under Chapter 3.E
3.K.19.—(1) This regulation applies if—
(a)the Scottish Ministers have accepted any of the nominations or notices specified in paragraph (2) in respect of the benefits to be paid on the death of a person who is a member of the 1995 Section; and
(b)on the day that the Scottish Ministers receive that person’s option to join this Section of the scheme, that person has not revoked that nomination or notice.
(2) The nominations and notices referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)a nomination made in accordance with regulation F5 (payment of lump sum) of the 2011 Regulations in favour of one or more persons in respect of any lump sum that becomes payable under regulations F1 to F4 (lump sum on death) of the 2011 Regulations;
(b)a notice provided for the purposes of regulation F5(3)(a) of the 2011 Regulations that the person’s surviving partner (within the meaning of that regulation) is not to receive the payment of any lump sum that becomes payable under regulations F1 to F4 of the 2011 Regulations;
(c)a notice provided for the purpose of regulation G14 (surviving nominated partner’s pension) of the 2011 Regulations nominating a partner to receive a surviving nominated partner pension.
(3) For the purpose of this Section of the scheme a nomination or notice referred to in paragraph (1) must be treated—
(a)in the case of the nomination referred to in paragraph (2)(a) as if that nomination has been accepted by the Scottish Ministers as a notice for the purposes of regulation 3.E.22 (payment of lump sums or pensions on death);
(b)in the case of a notice referred to in paragraph (2)(b) as if that notice had been accepted by the Scottish Ministers as a notice for the purposes of regulation 3.E.22 specifying that the Optant’s personal representatives are to receive any lump or pension on the death of the Optant; and
(c)in the case of a notice referred to in paragraph (2)(c) as if that notice had been accepted by the Scottish Ministers as a declaration for the purposes of regulations 3.E.2 (meaning of “surviving nominated partner”).