These Regulations amend the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011 (“the 2011 Regulations”) and the National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (2008 Section) (Scotland) Regulations 2013 so as to provide for changes to pensionable pay bands or earnings bands. The revised bands are to be applied to those officer members who change employments within the scheme year and for practitioners’ earnings for the 2015-16 Scheme Year (which is the period from 1st April 2015 to 31st March 2016).

In addition, regulation 4 amends regulation R2 of the 2011 Regulations to provide clarification on eligibility for “special class” status under the relevant scheme, whilst regulations 5 and 11 correct minor errors.