National Health Service Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations 2003 come into force
Implementation date: 1 October 2003
The Regulations amend the National Health Service Pension
Scheme Regulations 1995 by: ensuring that the position as regards a member's
contributions and benefits reflect the situation where that member is subject
to an earnings cap following a break in pensionable employment; ensuring that
lump sums, which would otherwise be payable to persons whose right to the lump
sum has been forfeited because they have been convicted of the unlawful killing
of the member, shall be payable to the personal representatives of the member,
and correcting an error in the lump sum provisions as regards members who may
give notice that their widow or widower is not to receive the lump sum payable
on death; ensuring that periods of adoption leave and paternity leave count as
pensionable service under the Scheme; and providing more choice for
practitioners with mixed patterns of officer and practitioner service to have
their benefits under the Scheme calculated in the way which is most beneficial
to them - in particular, for them to be able to have a separate pension in
respect of previous periods of officer or practitioner service. The Regulations can
be viewed on the OPSI website.
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