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PUBLIC SERVICE PENSIONS, ENGLAND AND WALES
NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made
at 10.01 a.m. on 11th March 2025
Laid before Parliament
at 5.00 p.m. on 11th March 2025
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 10(1) and (2) and 12(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 3 to, the Superannuation Act 1972(1) (“the 1972 Act”), sections 1(1) and (2)(e), 2(1) and 3(1) to (3) of, and paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 2 and Schedule 3 to, the Public Service Pensions Act 2013(2) (“the 2013 Act”) and sections 10(1) and 11(1) and (5) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022(3) (“the 2022 Act”).
In accordance with section 10(1) of the 1972 Act(4) and section 3(5) of the 2013 Act, these Regulations are made with the consent of the Treasury.
In accordance with section 10(4) of the 1972 Act and section 21(1) of the 2013 Act(5), the Secretary of State has consulted such persons or representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by these Regulations.
In accordance with section 22(2)(a) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has consulted such persons or representatives of such persons as appear to the Secretary of State likely to be affected by regulations 1(5), (7) and (8), 24(5), (6), (7), (8)(b), (9) and (10), 25, 26, 31, 38, 39 and 40 with a view to reaching agreement with them.
In accordance with section 22(2)(b) of the 2013 Act, the Secretary of State has laid a report before Parliament(6) in relation to those regulations.
1972 c. 11. Section 10(1) was amended by sections 57 and 58 of, and Schedule 5 to, the National Health Service Reorganisation Act 1973 (c. 32) and section 4(2) of the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 7) (“the 1990 Act”). Section 12(2) was amended by section 10(1) of the 1990 Act.
2013 c. 25. Section 3(1) and (2) were amended by section 94(2) and (3) of the Public Service Pensions and Judicial Offices Act 2022 (c. 7).
The functions of the Minister for the Civil Service under section 10 of the 1972 Act were transferred to the Treasury by article 2 of S.I. 1981/1670.
Section 21 has been amended by section 94(8) of the 2022 Act. The Secretary of State has published a statement pursuant to section 21(2) of the 2013 Act indicating the persons the Secretary of State would normally expect to consult under section 21(1) of that Act. An up-to-date version of that list may be found at www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-pension-scheme-consultee-list or obtained by writing to the NHS Pensions Policy Team, Department of Health and Social Care, Area 2NE Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS2 7UE.
A copy of the report laid pursuant to section 22(2)(b) may be obtained by writing to the NHS Pensions Policy Team, Department of Health and Social Care, Area 2NE Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7UE.
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